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2018 journal article
Avian response to shade-layer restoration in coffee plantations in Puerto Rico
RESTORATION ECOLOGY, 26(6), 1212–1220.
By: A. Irizarry n, J. Collazo n , K. Pacifici n , B. Reich n & K. Battle n
Open access is the free, immediate, online availability of research
articles. Making your research open access allows researchers across
to globe read and interact with your work which may increase citations
to your work.
For more information on open access and how you can increase your research impact, contact
the Copyright & Digital Scholarship Center (CDSC)
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New Class-New Projects! During this advanced fashion class, students will learn the ins and outs of patterns and advanced sewing skills. We will work on projects that challenge student’s sewing abilities and will allow students to gain a better understanding of sewing and patterns.
This class is for students who have knowledge using the sewing machine & have taken Fashion Sewing Techniques 1. By the end of the class, students will have completed at least two different projects; both projects will be completed using the sewing machine. Sewing supplies, including fabric, thread, needles, and pins, will be provided. Students may choose to purchase additional specialty items on their own. *Returning students welcome!
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L. Song Richardson is an educator, legal scholar, and lawyer who became Colorado College’s president in 2021. Previously, Richardson was the dean at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Her recognitions include the Association of American Law Schools’ Derrick Bell Award and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s Trailblazer Award. Richardson serves on the board of Lord Abbett, and she chairs the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s Presidents Council. She is a member of the Colorado Forum, the Council of Korean Americans, and the American Law Institute.
L. Song Richardson
President, Colorado College
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Deadline for Resiliency Grants Extended by NYS to Aug. 11
ALBANY–Communities statewide that face aftermath recovery from the severe weather emergencies this month have more time to apply for certain resiliency-related state grants. The new Aug. 11 deadlines provide communities impacted by storm damage additional time to apply for resources to help improve water quality, strengthen flood resiliency, and mitigate climate change.
“Extending the deadline will give flood-stricken communities time to finish their applications for projects that will protect public health, prepare for future severe weather events, and create jobs that boost local economies,” said Gov. Kathy Hochul. The deadline for the following grant programs was July 28.
- Water Infrastructure Improvement (WIIA) and Intermunicipal Grants (IMG): $425 million is available to fund critical wastewater and drinking water infrastructure projects. This amount is made available through a combination of existing state resources and the voter-approved Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act.
- In addition, certain resiliency-related programs available through the governor’s Consolidated Funding Application are also extended:
– Water Quality Improvement Projects (WQIP): $75 million is available to fund projects that directly improve water quality or aquatic habitat, promote flood risk reduction, restoration, and enhanced flood and climate resiliency or protect a drinking water source.
– Green Innovation Grant Program (GIGP): $15 million is available for projects that utilize green stormwater infrastructure design and green technologies.
– Engineering Planning Grants (EPG): $3 million is available to help fund engineering reports for wastewater projects.
– Non-Agricultural Nonpoint Source Planning and MS4 Mapping Grant: $3 million is available to reimburse the cost of planning reports for nonpoint source water quality improvement projects and mapping of Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s).
The online application and eligibility information for the WIIA and IMG programs are available at https://efc.ny.gov/wiia. WIIA and IMG applications are due no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 11.
The CFA is available at https://apps.cio.ny.gov/apps/cfa/. Applications for WQIP, GIGP, EPG and non-agricultural non-point source and MS4 planning grants are due no later than 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 11.
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This image shows the position of the most distant galaxy discovered so far within a deep sky Hubble Space Telescope survey called GOODS North (Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey North). The survey field contains tens of thousands of galaxies stretching far back into time.The remote galaxy GN-z11, shown in the inset, existed only 400 million years after the Big Bang, when the Universe was only 3 percent of its current age. It belongs to the first generation of galaxies in the Universe and its discovery provides new insights into the very early Universe. This is the first time that the distance of an object so far away has been measured from its spectrum, which makes the measurement extremely reliable.GN-z11 is actually ablaze with bright, young, blue stars but these look red in this image because its light was stretched to longer, redder, wavelengths by the expansion of the Universe. Credit: NASA, ESA, and P. Oesch (Yale University) Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-03-hubble-cosmic-distance.html#jCp
By pushing the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to its limits astronomers have shattered the cosmic distance record by measuring the distance to the most remote galaxy ever seen in the Universe. This galaxy existed just 400 million years after the Big Bang and provides new insights into the first generation of galaxies. This is the first time that the distance of an object so far away has been measured from its spectrum, which makes the measurement extremely reliable. The results will be published in the Astrophysical Journal.
Sorgente: Hubble breaks cosmic distance record | phys.org
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Starting with how the service works, Top Therapists Near Me costs, how many hours you get for your cash, and what things those 20,000+ people point out in evaluations.
Deserves it? Let’s discover in this AdvisoryHQ evaluation!
Individuals use due to the personal privacy, benefit, and the reality that the expense is less than going to a conventional therapist’s workplace. Some would like to utilize the service, however question if’s a scam or if they use professional, licensed therapists.
If you’ve been questioning, “Is legit?” you’ll enjoy to know that all their counselors are licensed, accredited experts. You may likewise be surprised at the costs and how much counseling they cover.
How do I contact BetterHelp? Top Therapists Near Me
For this charge, you call both access and live sessions. The cost isn’t even dependent on your particular problem, however rather your area and therapist readily available.
That’s a very welcome advancement in the psychological health space since even today, mental health services are thought about a benefit for those with the financial methods. One normal in-person therapy session can quickly cost you $200 if not more, and many insurance provider will not help, either.
The excessive cost of a regular therapist is among the reasons the creators started the company.
Online therapy might be worth thinking about if you feel like your psychological health is suffering. You can fulfill a therapist one or two times each week, and as a user, you set the time. We examine the advantages of this unique plan listed below:
Licensed Therapists Available
has an excellent lineup of accredited therapists and therapists with differing specializeds. All of them have passed their state guidelines and essential education requirements. Each therapist features 3 years of expert experience consisting of 1,000 scientific hours at minimum.
As a user, makes it easy as they match you with a therapist focusing on your specific mental health concern. Consultations are arranged at any date hassle-free to you.
Accessible Virtual Sessions
Online therapy conserves you a great deal of time, whether you choose to fulfill a therapist from house, at the workplace, or when awaiting your kid to complete their afternoon activities. You also have the luxury of establishing conferences when you most need them without suffering long waiting queues.
You can examine the readily available conference alternatives from consisting of weekly live video sessions or chat meetings, or maybe a mix of the two depending on what works best with your schedule.
Connect to a Therapist Quickly
If you or a friend are in a psychological health crisis circumstance with little space to extra, the experts at don’t recommend signing up for the intake process. It may take too long to arrange your live sessions.
Instead of the regular online counseling, in such a case, the website has a special list of resources for those in an emergency scenario. If someone is in immediate threat, please contact your regional emergency situation hotline or any of the numbers listed below:
When your therapist and you have been matched, things will most likely move quickly. You and your therapist might be in the same time zone, however perhaps not. Together, you will require to pick a schedule that works for both of you. A lot of therapists must be sensitive to your needs. The therapists on are likely to impress many people with their commitment to ensuring that your experience is positive.
Your therapist might offer you a worksheet prior to your very first appointment to help you decide what you desire to get out of your sessions. Setting these goals will not only assist your therapist understand what kind of assistance you need, but it will also make you more mindful of your own needs.
A lot! The platform can match you with a therapist to assist you with everything from the quarantine blues to continuous psychological health problems.
The short list of’s locations of know-how:
Various therapists have different methods, so if you’re not vibing with your very first match, don’t stress. You can switch therapists at any time.
Remember, the counselors can’t provide you a medical diagnosis. However they * can * offer expert care and support that surpasses simply listening. One research study found that users experienced less symptoms of anxiety after using the website. Top Therapists Near Me
An evaluation of 6 more studies suggests that online therapy in general has a substantial favorable result on mental health.
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February 6, 2023 - February 17, 2023
10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday
319 Davidson Drive
Hot Springs, AR 71901
During this time, adoptable animals will have half-price adoption fees.
Animal Services' Valentine's Day Half-Price Adoption Event
Monday, February 6, 2023
The City of Hot Springs Animal Services is hosting a half-price adoption event from Monday, Feb. 6, through Friday, Feb. 17.
All event adoption fees will be as follows:
- Dogs are $37.50
- Cats are $27.50
- Hoofed animals are $12.50
- Other animals are $7.50
- Fowl/Poultry are free
The shelter is open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and is located at 319 Davidson Drive .
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We absolutely LOVE our Philippines Mission Campuses, and they just keep on growing! You might not know this – but we now have a total of 7 Churches in the Philippines, including a super recent church plant. Talk about EPIC.
Our Tagum City Campus was the first church started with 20 members by Pastors Fortune and Roselyn in 2014, and this was built on their own family land and now has over 150 members. Pastors Fortune and Roselyn then planted and grew churches in Laak, Monte Vista, Monkayo, Compostela, Maparat and Agusan Del Norte.
In Tagum City, we opened a purpose-built Kids Church building in 2021, followed by a further 3 Kids Church facilities in the Philippines from 2021-2022. These buildings are funded by donations from the 2020 and 2021 Mission Offerings, and they are looking GREAT!
Until now, children and leaders have been meeting outside under a tree (come wind, sun, rain…) or in the Pastors living room. So, as you can imagine, these brand new dedicated Kids Church buildings are ground-breaking! Our new facilities are already creating fresh ministry opportunities, and are of such great quality that they really stick out in the neighbourhoods, making them places to outreach and run kids programmes for their communities. City Impact Church’s in the Philippines have soooo many young people in the church (which is fantastic!), so these upcoming leaders can really use this as a platform to step into greater things.
Another exciting thing is that we have sent them the design files to match our Kids Church t-shirts that we have in New Zealand. We can’t wait to see our Philippines team rocking these on Sundays!
Our vision is to continue to build these Children’s facilities across the Philippines. Let’s go!
COVID has been tough on all of our Mission Campuses, and the Philippines is no different. It’s had an impact on their outreach programmes and day-to-day life. So to hear from these guys and the epic job they are doing is amazing to hear. We can’t wait to see what we can do with our Philippines Campus in the coming year!
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After a rough start to the season, the UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team rebounded to win against Occidental College 63–62 on Jan. 7, riding captain Ryane Ortiz’s career-high 23 points to a close victory.
The win improves the Slugs to an 11–4 record, the hottest start of Coach Todd Kent’s three seasons at UCSC. After the game, he attributed the win to strong bench play, tough defense and guard Ortiz, one-third of the team’s captains, along with forward Sarah Mackey and forward Leah Parrish.
“[Ortiz is] like the last piece of the puzzle for us to win,” Kent said.
Ortiz is shooting for a breakout season in her junior year. While she is the team’s second leading scorer at 10.6 points per game behind Sarah Mackey’s 13.4 per game, Kent said Ortiz best exemplifies the type of game which does not show up in a box score.
In a two minute stretch in the first half against Occidental, Ortiz showed off her polished game by attracting three fouls, playing stern help in defense and scoring off a quick steal. On defense, she actively boxed out bigger players and cleared space for her teammates to grab rebounds, while on offense she forced Occidental into a quick timeout with her slashing to the hoop.
Kent said Ortiz sets the type of example that the team can always count on.
“I really believe we’re 13 players deep, but it’s the little things that get us sometimes,” Kent said. “[Ryane] takes pride in doing those smaller things to help the team win.”
By both her teammates and coaches, Ortiz has been praised as a leader. This season, Ortiz has jumped in scoring, steals and rebounds according to official NCAA statistics. Guard Geena Giovannetti said Ortiz’s improved game has been a result of consistent hard work.
“She’s the first one in and the last one out of the gym,” Giovannetti said. “And we definitely, definitely all look to her.”
The team has split the last two games since starter Sarah Mackey left due to a kidney infection. Ortiz said this is because she and the team have stepped up to fill the 6-foot tall forward’s shoes temporarily.
“We weren’t playing well the last game, and we had a meeting,” Ortiz said. “I pretty much decided then and there that we are going to the playoffs no matter what.”
Ortiz said her leadership is strong because of her empathy toward her teammates. Giovannetti said Ortiz is the “chatterbox” of practice and that everyone is always looking to her for comfort.
“It sounds cliched, but I always think that the best thing I can do is empower my teammates,” Ortiz said. “I just try to get everyone playing the best they can.”
Coach Kent said the team’s talents can be placed on more than just a few players, but that much of the praise he has received can be placed on the work of his captains.
“Everyone is playing better on defense now, and we’re so close to being a really good team,” Kent said. “Ryane will be a big part of it when we get there.”
The UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team will play Cal St. Maritime Jan. 11 at 6 p.m. at the West Field House.
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A Look Back at Jen + Andy’s Spring Wedding
Today, we take a look back at one of our favorite couples from 2010: Jen and Andy. Photographer Jenna Henderson so perfectly captured the style, grace and love Jen and Andy shared. To see the original post, click here.
For more photos of their beautiful garden wedding and pavilion reception in historic downtown Franklin, TN, visit the full Facebook gallery.
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Posted by Katie Grabner on Dec 05, 2019
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I called the main (440) 724-8877 number a bit late in the day on Monday and reached a VM, but I did not want to leave a long message, so I figured this would be the next best method of contact. I also wasn’t sure if I have the best number.
Here is my Cell, I can call back> .646/397.9118. Also, my main email is below, this gmail is my phone.
I am a journalist with US News & Business Report, and I would like to speak in reference to a piece I am writing relevant both the effects the pandemic has had on business in the US (good, bad, none), and the company itself.
To be extremely clear, this is not a solicitation of any type. We would never require compensation to be involved with our articles. This is a news piece.
This is an interesting series of ongoing “stand-alone” pieces we have been writing throughout the pandemic for local papers and news outlets titled “The Stories of Local Businesses".
Basically, we would like to hear about your origin story, experiences, opinions on different aspects of business, and the effects the pandemic may have had on your business, things to that effect.
It is a fairly straightforward piece.
Happy to send a detailed overview or we can just set up an informal prelim call for anytime after today.
US News&Business Report
Hey, my name’s Eric and for just a second, imagine this…
- Someone does a search and winds up at myshopify.com.
- They hang out for a minute to check it out. “I’m interested… but… maybe…”
- And then they hit the back button and check out the other search results instead.
- Bottom line – you got an eyeball, but nothing else to show for it.
- There they go.
This isn’t really your fault – it happens a LOT – studies show 7 out of 10 visitors to any site disappear without leaving a trace.
But you CAN fix that.
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As a quilter I like it when small bits of things are patched together to make something that looks different: check out this Daily Show montage. It’s quite funny. Though I wish folks would just ignore Fox TV so it would cease to exist.
Yeah, right. See me at camera three….for my fantasy world!
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Chukado – The art of Electric Pole Arrangement is a project by Japanese artist Akira Yamaguchi. Fascinated by the initial designs that Ikebana masters created when the first electric poles were introduced to Japan, Yamaguchi rediscovers the original spirit of that craft. With a style influenced by Ukiyo-e and Manga, he recovers the balanced proportions and angles the flower arrangers created for late 18th century engineers.
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Hard anodized for long life
Overall all width, tooth face & hub, 7.6mm
Tooth face width, 4mm
1/8th Shaft hole
3mm set screw
Easy to read tooth size printed on hub
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Do you live in the Conowingo, MD area and need an expert tree service that you can trust?
Clayton’s Tree Service has been serving the Conowingo, Maryland area since we started in 2008. We are fully insured and a Licensed Tree Expert (LTE) by the State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
Our owner is a native Harford County resident who is also a Certified Arborist and can diagnose and offer expert tree care and maintenance solutions as well as oversee any size tree removal project.
In addition to tree removal, tree care and lot clearing, we also rent construction dumpsters and sell/deliver firewood.
Give us a call at (410) 914-5921 or fill out a form to find out more!
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Written by Lauren Irvine
Growing your coaching brand can be exciting, but it can also be overwhelming. There are multiple tips and strategies for growing your brand, but we’re going to give you the basic tips if you are just starting out, or need a little guidance getting your coaching brand back on track.
IDENTIFY YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE
By identifying your target audience, you’ll better be able to market your services and work out what type of content will resonate with your ideal clients. Along with identifying your brand’s language and style that is utilized across your marketing channels.For instance, if your primary target market is beginner-intermediate female clients aged 20-35, you should post content that they would be able to relate to and assist them in their daily lives. An example of this could be posting content explaining the basic movement patterns, or simple & easy to understand tips on building a healthier lifestyle.
Additionally, knowing your target audience will also determine where you should invest your time and energy on advertising. If you’re targeting CEOs and business owners, LinkedIn would be a good platform. Or, if you’re wanting to coach people in your local area, traditional mailbox flyers could work well!
DECIDE ON YOUR BUSINESS MISSION
This one deserves some thought because it’ll influence everything you do in your coaching business. Sit down and write down the goals you’d like to achieve through your business and more importantly, the reason why you started your business. This is often what will inspire people to follow the work that you do.
DETERMINE YOUR NICHE
Would you like to coach physique athletes, or do you want to work with rehabilitation clients to help them regain their independence? Even if you plan to work with clients from all walks of life, deciding on a niche for your brand will help to maximize your marketing efforts because you’ll be targeting a certain demographic. This is especially important if you plan on utilizing paid ads on social media.
DECIDE ON YOUR AUDIENCE RESPONSE
How do you want your audience to feel when they engage with your brand? Do you want them to feel inspired, would you like to educate them, or something else? Knowing how you want your target audience to feel when they see your fitness brand will allow you to create well thought out content, instead of posting mindlessly with no real intention.
DIVERSIFY YOUR MARKETING
As the saying goes, don’t put all your eggs in one basket and that’s exactly what you should be thinking about when it comes to your marketing channels. If you’re only posting content on Instagram, you’re missing out on reaching everybody in your target audience who isn’t using Instagram! By utilizing a range of marketing channels from Facebook to LinkedIN to business cards at your local cafe, you’re allowing your fitness brand to reach many more people.
BUILD AN EMAIL LIST
One of the often forgotten about marketing strategies for people first starting a brand is the importance of building an email list and keeping track of people who have interacted with your brand in the past. If someone has registered their email through your website or a free resource you offered, it means they have an interest in your brand or the services you offer, with a high chance of being converted into a paying customer!
When it comes to building your fitness brand, putting some thought into your audience, their needs and utilizing multiple marketing channels will go a long way. It may take some time, but stay consistent, show up every day and keep up the hard work!
Want to become an industry leading coach and specialize in training, programming, nutrition & business to help others achieve their health and fitness goals whilst growing your own brand? Become a qualified personal trainer and enrol into the Master Coach Program!
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO SPEAK WITH OUR CAREERS ADVISOR!
Roots, M. (2017, October 30). Building Your Fitness Business Brand From Scratch. Fitness Business Blog. https://www.trainerize.com/blog/building-fitness-business-brand/
Editorial Staff. (2020, January 2). Revealed: Why Building an Email List is so Important Today (6 Reasons). WPBeginner. https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/why-you-should-start-building-your-email-list-right-away/
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About Click Animated
I'm Alexander, founder of Click Animated. I produce animated videos for organizational purposes, from marketing to internal communications. For every video I employ a team of freelancers that is handpicked per video to achieve the best results for my clients. But don't worry, you'll be in touch with me personally during every part of the process. My specialty is translating your wishes into a video that fits your specific goals.
Interested in a video for your organization? Leave your e-mail and a message below to get in touch.
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About the WordPress “Tools” Section
This post is part of a series of posts I’ve created for my clients. While the information herein will likely be useful to just about anyone getting to know WordPress, it may contain specific functionality that only applies to clients of ClickNathan.com.
Right out of the box WordPress comes with a section labeled Tools.
It’s not used by very many people at all, and most of the functionality that it provides will have been already implemented by myself per our little mutual contractual of web design and all, but I’ll review it here in brief for those of you who want to know how every little clock ticks and talk clocks on your website.
The Tools section of WordPress is one of those wonderfully powerful and equally dangerous areas. It is possible to break your site or jumble it all up if you incorrectly use some of the features below. Using the Tools feature is at your own risk and ClickNathan is not responsible for any fouling up you might wreck like havoc on your new web site. Have fun!
Click Tools in the left navigation of your WordPress installation. The first option on this page is to create a bookmark in your browser which allows you to easily post new content as you browse the web. This is mostly useful for people who run blogs which link to other things around the web, your particular feelings on the usefulness of such a feature is completely personal. Have a go, nothing can go wrong by playing with this feature.
Categories & Tags Converter
First, you should understand the difference between Categories and Tag in WordPress. Once you grasp that whole semi-confusing concept, you may come to a realization that you’ve been using Categories as tags all this time, and would like to trim down the number of categories you have by making most of them into tags. This is the tool for you. Using this requires you to install a plugin and at worst, you’ll lose your categories as they’ll become tags. Other than that, not much damage should occur, but of course, at your own risk and all that fantastical jazz.
This screen is used to install a variety of plugins which can be used to import content from another blogging platform to WordPress. If this was part of our original agreement, I’ll take care of this for you. If not, I’m happy to perform such feats of sheer ecstasy for you at an additional cost. If you’d like to try it yourself, have a blast but remember, you’ll be using plugins which manipulate your database and could result in deleted content, duplicate content or worse.
Bam! The most useful, least dangerous of all of the Tools screens. Here you can export your content which makes it easy to then import it to another WordPress installation, even a WordPress.com site. Enjoy!
Up Next: How to Install a WordPress Plugin
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So far, the climate for 2022 has been remarkable for a series of early
At the time of writing, some of the affected areas are still experiencing extreme temperatures for the season.
The consequences of these heatwaves have affected hundreds of millions of people with implications for health and wellbeing, agriculture and food supplies, energy prices and demand, and natural ecosystems.
Each of these heatwave episodes is striking; either for the extreme temperatures reached locally, their duration, and/or unusually early occurrence for the season. Many local, national and regional temperature records have been broken, or came close to being broken.
This review focuses on three areas in particular, well covered by observations, which experienced much warmer-than-average conditions in the first half of 2022: northern India, Afghanistan and Pakistan, southwestern Europe, and North America, in particular Texas. Events in boreal spring are examined initially, and then the transition into the start of the summer.
Average global near surface air temperature percentiles for May 2022. Colour categories refer to the percentiles of the temperature distribution as calculated from the 1991–2020 reference period (see explanation in the sidebar box). Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF.
Although exceptional, these events are not unexpected. They are in line with the evidence presented in the latest IPCC Assessment Report that the frequency and intensity of heatwaves have increased. These changes are attributed by the IPCC to human-induced climate change with high confidence and are expected to continue in the future as the climate continues to warm globally.
The first signals of a heatwave in boreal spring (March, April, May) 2022 in the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) analyses came in the March Climate Bulletin, showing sizable temperature anomalies in a large area from China to Iran. This situation persisted with little respite throughout April and the first days of May for Pakistan and north-west India. In May, the C3S Climate Bulletin showed sizable anomalies for south-west Europe and southern parts of North America as well.
Mention must also be made of the Horn of Africa and neighbouring countries, where May 2022 was the hottest May in the ECMWF/C3S's ERA5 reanalysis data record. Fewer local temperature observations are available for this region, but persisting drought conditions there are widely considered to be the worst in 40 years, threatening food security for millions.
During May, hotter than average air from western Sahara moved northwards, pushing thermometers higher in several areas of south-west Europe (Portugal, Spain, southern France and parts of western Italy) in waves.
At a national level, May 2022 temperatures set many new records, starting with France, where it was the warmest May since records began in 1900. It was the warmest May in 92 years of records for Portugal, and only May 1964 was warmer for Spain, in a data record starting in 1961, according to the analyses of the respective national meteorological services.
Many local records were also broken. The Spanish city of Seville reached 41°C, a first for May, and Jaén experienced both its hottest ever day in May and the highest daily minimum temperature ever recorded in May in mainland Spain.
Portugal reported a heatwave in the first half of the month and a “heat burst”, an exceptional sudden rise in temperatures, later in the month. This relatively rare phenomenon was seen also in southern France in mid-May.
Highest daily maximum and minimum surface air temperature anomalies for south-west Europe for the month of May from 1967 to 2022, relative to 1991-2020. Data source: ERA5. Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF.
At a regional scale, in the ERA5 timeseries of the highest anomalies for daily maxima and minima temperatures for the month of May in south-west Europe , May 2022 stands out along with May 2015 and May 2006 as the May months with the highest daily maxima. The timeseries, starting in 1967, are based on hourly analyses that do not resolve local effects on peak temperatures; they are indicative of months with severe temperatures but should not be used for definitive rankings of extremes.
South–west Europe recorded also the highest average May daily maximum temperatures in May 2022, ahead of 2015, 2020 and 2017. The minimum daily average temperatures were also the highest, slightly higher than in May 2020 and 1999.
Averages of daily maximum and minimum surface air temperature anomalies for south-west Europe for the month of May from 1967 to 2022, relative to 1991-2020. Data source: ERA5. Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF.
The second heatwave in this analysis, covering Pakistan and northwestern India, is the longest and the most impactful, in terms of the number of people directly affected.
A series of warm spells impacted nearly 2 billion people throughout the whole season; some areas are still experiencing exceptional temperatures as of mid-June, with the most anomalous temperatures observed in northeastern India, and the monsoon approaching northwestern India more slowly than usual.
Average near surface air temperature percentiles 2022 for central and southern Asia in boreal spring (March, April, May). Colour categories refer to the percentiles of the temperature distribution as calculated from the 1991–2020 reference period (see explanation in the sidebar box). The dashed black box represents the area used to compute the time series charts below. Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF.
The ERA5 temperature percentile maps for boreal spring 2022 in the region illustrate the situation well. While exceptional temperatures for southwestern-Europe mainly occurred in May, a wide region of central and south Asia, encompassing northern India and Pakistan, recorded "the warmest" (in the whole 1979-2021 dataset), or “much warmer than average” temperatures (i.e., warmer than 90% of the values in the 1991-2020 reference period) in March, April and May.
Absolute temperature extremes were higher in Pakistan and north-west India than further north and north-east of the area, as the underlying climatological temperatures are higher for these regions.
March 2022 was by a narrow margin the warmest March in 122 years of records for India overall, in the India Meteorological Department’s ranking.
The country as a whole, the average maximum temperature recorded in March 2022 is the ever highest with 33.10 ºC in last 122 years for the period 1901-2022. It has broken the earlier ever highest of 33.09 ºC which was in 2010. pic.twitter.com/RRDJl405bv— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) April 2, 2022
According to Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, the frequency of heatwaves in India has increased steadily since 2016.
Average near surface air temperature percentiles for central and southern Asia in March, April and May 2022. Colour categories refer to the percentiles of the temperature distribution as calculated from the 1991–2020 reference period (see explanation in the sidebar box). The dashed black box represents the area used to compute the time series charts below. Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF. Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF.
Local scientists consider the series of warm spells observed in 2022 as the worst ever recorded in terms of their early onset (March), the overall number of people exposed, the extent of the regions affected, and for their duration. In some areas, extreme temperatures were associated with high humidity, known to worsen the effects of hot temperatures for the human body.
Pakistan’s Jacobabad reached 49°C in April and then 51°C in May. While this was highlighted as the highest temperature reached in 2022 in the Northern Hemisphere, an analysis by C3S based on the 1967-2022 ERA5 data series revealed that Pakistan is typically the warmest place on the planet in May, in terms of both average and extreme daily maximum temperatures.
Several local maximum temperature records were beaten across the region.
April 2022 is now ranked as the warmest April on record by Pakistan’s Meteorological Department.
The pre-monsoon period, and May-June in particular, is usually the warmest time of the year; the exceptional temperatures observed have not beaten the regional records for the period. Turbat, Pakistan, registered 53.7°C in May 2017, the highest temperature ever recorded in the country, recently verified by the WMO as the fourth highest temperature recorded anywhere in the world. The three highest temperatures for Pakistan were all measured in the month of July.
In the ERA5 dataset, the highest April-May temperatures for the region are:
|50°C (2017)||54°C (2017)|
|47°C (2022)||51°C (2022)|
The ERA5 timeseries of average temperature anomalies for the region show that only April has clearly above average temperatures overall.
But when considered together, the signals for the three months show the warmest average anomaly of the dataset for spring.
Averages of daily maximum and minimum surface air temperature anomalies for Pakistan and north-west India for March-May from 1967 to 2022, relative to 1991-2020. Data source: ERA5. Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF.
The southern United States, the state of Texas in particular, experienced exceptionally high temperatures in May 2022. The region was hit by a second warm spell again in mid-June, after a so-called “heat dome” settled in the area affecting an estimated 100 million people.
Parts of Mexico have also been subject to warmer-than-average temperatures this spring, with at least three major events, as declared by the Federal Government already by 3 May, and periodic occurrences of exceptional temperatures in the country’s northern states until mid-June.
In the ERA5 dataset, the average maximum temperature for the region is the highest on record. The temperature anomaly series for May shows the daily maximum temperature in May 2022 as one of the warmest compared to the 1991-2020 average, tied with 1998, but with higher daily minimum temperatures.
Averages of daily maximum and minimum surface air temperature anomalies for Texas and adjacent regions of USA and Mexico for the month of May from 1967 to 2022, relative to 1991-2020. Data source: ERA5. Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF.
Several cities beat their all-time record temperatures for the month; San Antonio experienced its warmest May in 137 years of records reaching 38.3°C. For the state of Texas, it was the second warmest on record.
Surface air temperature observations, confirmed by ERA5 data, show that heatwaves continued to occur over several subtropical and extratropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere during June. These events left a mark on the monthly average temperatures: the month as a whole was globally the third warmest on record, but only marginally cooler than the warmer Junes of 2019 and 2020, and, jointly with 2021, the second warmest June on record for Europe.
Southwestern Europe, including parts of Spain Italy and France, continued to experience long spells of exceptionally high temperatures. Following the shorter spell of unusually warm temperatures that peaked on 21 May, a longer spell of exceptional temperatures occurred four weeks later, peaking on 17 June. Average temperatures then fell rapidly in the region, although heatwave conditions developed further to the east and north.
Daily maximum temperatures in Spain, France, and Italy reached more than 40°C, exacerbating the ongoing drought conditions in the Po river basin. Numerous June temperature records were broken across France and Spain.
The high temperatures extended across North Africa, where Tunisia equalled its monthly temperature record. Further north, at Banak and Tana Bru in northern Norway and at Utsjoki Kevo in northern Finland, daily maximum temperatures reached 32.5°C. Local records were also broken in northern parts of China and Japan.
In Pakistan and north-west India, the extremes seen in May persisted, with June 2022 experiencing both the highest and the lowest temperatures in the data record for the days in question during the month. For central southern USA and northern Mexico, short-term variations in temperature conditions stabilised in June, although there were further peaks during the month.
Beyond rankings and records, the repercussions of heatwaves and extreme temperatures depend on many different factors and environmental parameters such as their duration, minimum temperatures experienced, and humidity. A peak of very high maximum temperatures can have fewer impacts for people and the environment than an extended period of lower but continued high daily maximum or minimum average temperatures.
C3S provides monthly, seasonal, and yearly updates largely based on the ERA5 reanalysis dataset. The data are freely available in the C3S Climate Data Store (CDS). Find out more about C3S reanalyses and ERA5 in the following Q&A.
The South-West Europe region used to calculate the anomaly timeseries is defined as land bounded by longitudes 25°W and 15°E and latitudes 36°N and 45°N, excluding the region bounded by longitudes 0 to 12E and latitudes 36 to 38N".
For the timeseries shown and discussed in this article, we rely on the period 1967-1978 of the final release of the ERA5 dataset back extension. This is the period for which the back extension is the most reliable over the regions considered.
Covering 20-37°N, 61-78°E (Covering a large area of Afghanistan, Pakistan and north-west India)
Considered area: from 20°N to 37° N and 107° W to 90° W. It includes the whole of Texas, some neighbouring US States and parts of Mexico.
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As a Pediatrician, I am well-versed in providing guidance to families to keep their kids healthy. Cut back on sugary drinks. At least 1 hour of physical activity per day. Limit screen time. Brush your teeth. The more time I have been in practice, the more I have learned that these individual choices are not the only determinants of health. Children can follow these basic guidelines to develop healthy habits, but unless we implement climate solutions now, they will experience significant health repercussions from the rapidly changing climate.
My patients in South Carolina have already seen the devastating impacts of climate change. Patients without air conditioning during blistering heat waves. Families forced to evacuate during hurricanes only to return to homes that have been destroyed. Children with asthma attacks due to air pollution and worsening pollen. One-hundred and 500-hundred year floods that are occurring far more frequently. With all of this suffering, I have had moments of despair, especially when the national conversation seems to be ignoring the climate crisis that is right in front of us. But those are also the moments when I found opportunities to act.
Hope is possible and a different future can be our reality through advocacy and partnership with dedicated individuals. I became a South Carolina AAP Climate Advocate which introduced me to the amazing work that pediatricians are already doing across the country. This inspired me to found the South Carolina Health Professionals for Climate Action in June of this year to bring together other health professionals dedicated to addressing the climate crisis. Once I started being more vocal and visible with my advocacy, I was amazed at how easy it was to find a group of physicians who were ready to join me to work towards a healthy climate for our patients. All of the members of our leadership team are new to climate advocacy, but health professionals are trusted voices on climate change. Even though we are novices, we are using our voices, experiences and passion to fight for a better future. I still have moments of despair, but knowing that there are similar state, national and international groups working to protect the world, I know change is possible. However, these groups cannot do it alone. Pediatricians, parents, grandparents and anyone else who cares about the wellbeing of children need to take action on the climate crisis.
If you are interested in learning more about the South Carolina Health Professionals for Climate action, go to schealthclimate.org. For information about other state health advocacy groups, go to The Medical Consortium on Climate and Health website medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org.
Dr. Hayley Guilkey is a general pediatrician in South Carolina. She is a South Carolina AAP Climate Advocate and founder of South Carolina Health Professionals for Climate Action.
This blog is part of a series from pediatricians we will feature throughout October, Children’s Health Month.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is a partner of Climate for Health, a coalition of health leaders committed to caring for our climate to care for our health. Founded by ecoAmerica, Climate for Health offers tools, resources, and communications to demonstrate visible climate leadership, inspiring and empowering health leaders to speak about, act on and advocate for climate solutions. Learn more about our partnership and the resources available to you here.
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Community Health Assessment Resource Team Golf Tournament
Community Health Assessment Resource Team
Our mission is to assess the current health status of Henry County, including needs and services, and plan for implementation and utilization of services to meet those assessed needs.
1St Annual Fundraising Golf Tournament
(100% of funds raised go back to Henry County Schools)
To Whom It May Concern,
Henry County C.H.A.R.T. is hosting its 1st Annual Healthy Communities Golf Tournament this Spring (June 17 @ Meadow lake Golf Club Clinton MO). We are looking for sponsors to help reach our event goal of $30,000, which will be used to assist Henry County Schools by paying off students’ outstanding lunch account balances and purchasing supplies. For the current school year, those expenses exceed $30,000, so your donation will significantly help our community by allowing lower/middle income families and all eight school districts in our local area to worry a little less about meeting these needs. All donations are welcomed and appreciated. For any donation over $150.00, you or your organization will be noted on a hole sponsorship sign and receive recognition at the tournament and on social media pages. Further donation levels are listed below.
C.H.A.R.T. is a community coalition that utilizes resources from local organizations and faith-based entities to meet the needs of our tight-knit, rural community. One of the needs identified in our most recent Community Health Needs Assessment is food insecurity. It is our coalition’s desire to host our Annual Healthy Communities Golf Tournament to raise funds for each year’s chosen charitable effort. This year, the coalition wishes to donate those proceeds to our schools towards those outstanding lunch balances and especially to our smaller schools that purchase much-needed clothing and shoes for students in Henry County, Missouri.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I would be more than happy to provide you with additional information about how you can support our community efforts. If you wish to contribute, please contact us at 660-223-3210, or send donations ATTN: Tyler Pulcini / CHART to 1800 Community Dr. Suite A Clinton MO 64735. Donations given to CHART are fully tax exempt, attached is a letter for your convenience.
Donations Sponsorship Levels:
$150.00 – Hole Sponsorship Sign & Social Media Recognition
$500.00 – Hole Sponsorship Sign, Social Media Recognition, and Logo on a Golf Towel
$1000.00 – Hole Sponsorship Sign, Social Media Recognition, Logo on a Golf Towel, and Free Team Entry
We greatly appreciate your time. Thank you.
C.H.A.R.T Coalition President
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Our Pop-in Part-time reusable nappy packs are the most economical way to get started with reusables, so why not save money and get set up for day and night in one easy purchase? So, what's in the box? 10 popper reusable nappies, 6 night-time bamboo boosters, 1 wet/tote-bag, and 2 rolls of biodegradable nappy liners. One pack is ideal for part-time use, while two is perfect if you plan to use them exclusively. Our Pop-in washable nappies provide the ultimate in reliability and protection during the daytime and overnight, thanks to our renowned poonami-proof double leg gusset, leak-proof panels and thirsty bamboo soakers and boosters. Our unique all-in-two (AI2) design gives parents flexible absorbency and quicker drying times without compromising on quick one-step changes. Pop them on just like a disposable, complete with stretchy tabs for a great fit at the waist. Our super slim daytime nappy quickly converts for dream-filled nights with our specially designed night-time booster (included in this pack and available to buy separately). This clever booster adds in the extra absorbency needed to last overnight once little ones are sleeping through and wetting more! Pop-in’s are a true one size nappy, they offer the most flexible sizing on the market and will fit from birth to potty thanks to the adjustable rise and waist. Materials are important to us, each waterproof cover repurposes 2.5 plastic water bottles and our super soft bamboo is Oekotex and FSC 100% certified.
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Cincinnati residents are affected by a variety of diseases, according to the Cincinnati Health Department’s Infectious Disease Surveillance Summaries. These include foodborne illnesses such as E. coli, diseases spread by animals such as Lyme disease, vaccine-preventable illnesses like chickenpox, among others. However, the category that affects Cincinnati residents most heavily is viral hepatitis.
In 2017, there were 1,029 reported cases of viral hepatitis, compared to 549 reported cases of all other diseases tracked by the health department. That means that for every case of another disease reported, whether that be salmonella, whooping cough, or influenza, there are almost two cases of viral hepatitis reported. Additionally, 892 of those, or almost 90 percent, were reported to be chronic hepatitis C cases.
Remember that these reports only detail new cases of each disease, so there are even more people suffering from chronic hepatitis C in Cincinnati than the 892 newly reported cases in 2017. This number is rapidly growing. In 2014, there were only 410 newly identified cases of hepatitis C, so the rate of incidence for new cases has more than doubled in the last three years. With 355 newly reported cases in May, Cincinnati is on track to maintain the number of new cases of hepatitis C for 2018. As hepatitis is a growing issue for Cincinnati, the community should examine ways to help its residents suffering from hepatitis as well as prevent others from contracting it.
There are two types of hepatitis that the health department tracks under the viral hepatitis category: hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus. It is transmitted through body fluids like blood or semen, which can happen through sexual contact, mother-baby contact at birth, or drug-injection equipment contact through needles and syringes. For most adults, hepatitis B is a short-term illness that can be treated and cured. For a few adults and most infants, however, hepatitis B can become a chronic disease that can lead to death by liver cancer or cirrhosis of the liver (scarring and loss of cells). The best way to prevent hepatitis B infection is to get vaccinated for hepatitis B and receive prenatal care if you are pregnant.
Hepatitis C is similar to hepatitis B in a few ways. First, it is also a liver infection but caused by the hepatitis C virus. Chronic infection with hepatitis C can lead to death, just like hepatitis B, which makes it a serious disease. However, the vast majority of people with hepatitis C contract it from sharing needles or equipment to inject drugs.
Unlike hepatitis B, most adults who get hepatitis C will have a long-term infection. Even worse, there is no vaccine for hepatitis C. Therefore, the only way to prevent a hepatitis C infection is to avoid behaviors that can spread the disease, like sharing used needles. If you suffer from a drug addiction involving injection, make sure to utilize Cincinnati’s The Exchange Project, which allows for the exchange of dirty needles for clean ones. You can call 513-316-7725, email [email protected], or visit cincyep.org to learn more information.
For more information, please explore these resources:
The Center for Closing the Health Gap in Greater Cincinnati is dedicated to helping you and your family live healthy lifestyles. To learn more about our efforts please visit us online: www.ClosingTheHealthGap.org; Facebook.com/CloseHealthGap; Twitter.com/CCHGcincy.
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We continue to enhance the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit with new capabilities for real-world quantum computer programming. This month’s Quantum Development Kit update includes a new contribution to our chemistry library from our partner 1QBit. In today’s 0.7 update, we also introduce a new numerics library, Q# language features, and further expansion of our Quantum Katas with community contributions.
Previously, we related the tremendous potential of quantum computing to solve today’s most challenging problems by simulating molecular processes. The library also allows interoperating with classical chemistry simulation and modeling tools to gain new insights how to build solutions on quantum computers. With this month’s update, the Microsoft Quantum Chemistry Library is enhanced by supporting unitary coupled cluster methods (UCC) and variational quantum eigensolvers (VQE), the latter being an open source contribution from our Microsoft Quantum Network partner, 1QBit. The new features UCC and VQE are additions to the expanding repertoire of techniques that are available to study quantum chemistry problems with the Quantum Development Kit. UCC is a method for preparing molecular ground-states for quantum simulation, VQE is a method for evaluating molecular energies that allows to trade circuit depth against number of experiments and that allows to leverage classical optimization techniques for initial state preparation.
With this new capability, we extended the Broombridge schema that defines the molecular structure for quantum simulation. For more information on exciting new opportunities with chemical simulation and the Quantum Development Kit, check out 1QBit’s announcement of their OpenQEMIST platform, and check out this video from last month’s Microsoft Build conference featuring 1QBit’s founder and CEO, Andrew Fursman, describing the tremendous potential they see with quantum simulation and the Quantum Development Kit.
The new numerics library offers a valuable resource for quantum program developers. Many quantum algorithms rely on oracles that evaluate mathematical functions on a superposition of inputs. These functions must be written in terms of sequences of operations on qubits that can be executed on a quantum computer. The new numerics library provides this support with basic integer arithmetic consisting of integer adders and comparators and high-level integer functionality built on top of the basic functionality. The library includes signed and unsigned integer support (multiply, square, division with remainder, inversion, measurement) and fixed-point arithmetic functionality (initialization, addition, multiplication, reciprocal, polynomial evaluation and measurement) with one or two quantum numbers as input. Learn more about how to use the new numerics library and try out the new samples.
Also new this month are new Q# language capabilities. We continue to evolve the Q# language to bring modern programming efficiencies to quantum computing. We added named items for user-defined types, so that programmers can assign meaningful names to their data structures. Now programmers can use copy-and-update expressions and apply-and-reassign statements for named items in user defined types. We also added while loops in functions. For a full list of all the new Q# language features this month, see the release notes. Also, please check out our Qsharp dev blog for more information on these and other recently added Q# features.
The Quantum Katas keep growing! The Quantum Katas are our self-paced project for developers to learn how to program a quantum computer with Q#. This month, we see a new set of three community-contributed katas introducing the nonlocal/entanglement games. In a nonlocal game, several cooperating players play a game against a referee answering the referee’s questions. The players are free to share information (and qubits!) before the game starts, but cannot communicate afterwards. The players can use quantum entanglement to increase their chance of winning beyond what would be possible with a purely classical strategy. Check out the new katas here.
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Frustrated by their inability to stop sophisticated hacking attacks or use the law to punish their assailants, an increasing number of U.S. companies are taking retaliatory action.
Known in the cybersecurity industry as "active defense" or "strike-back" technology, the reprisals range from modest steps to distract and delay a hacker to more controversial measures. Security experts say they even know of some cases where companies have taken action that could violate laws in the United States or other countries, such as hiring contractors to hack the assailant's own systems.
In the past, companies that have been attacked have mostly focused on repairing the damage to their computer networks and shoring them up to prevent future breaches.
But as prevention is increasingly difficult in an era when malicious software is widely available on the Internet for anyone wanting to cause mischief, security experts say companies are growing more aggressive in going after cyber criminals.
"Not only do we put out the fire, but we also look for the arsonist," said Shawn Henry, the former head of cybercrime investigations at the FBI who in April joined new cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, which aims to provide clients with a menu of active responses.
Once a company detects a network breach, rather than expel the intruder immediately, it can waste the hacker's time and resources by appearing to grant access to tempting material that proves impossible to extract. Companies can also allow intruders to make off with bogus files or "beacons" that reveal information about the thieves' own machines, experts say.
Henry and CrowdStrike co-founder Dmitri Alperovich do not recommend that companies try to breach their opponent's computers, but they say the private sector does need to fight back more boldly against cyber espionage.
It is commonplace for law firms to have their emails read during negotiations for ventures in China, Alperovich told the Reuters Global Media and Technology Summit. That has given the other side tremendous leverage because they know the Western client company's strategy, including the most they would be willing to pay for a certain stake.
But if a company knows its lawyers will be hacked, it can plant false information and get the upper hand.
"Deception plays an enormous role," Alperovich said.
Other security experts say a more aggressive posture is unlikely to have a significant impact in the near term in the overall fight against cybercriminals and Internet espionage. Veteran government and private officials warn that much of the activity is too risky to make sense, citing the chances for escalation and collateral damage.
"There is no business case for it and no possible positive outcome," said John Pescatore, a National Security Agency and Secret Service veteran who leads research firm Gartner's Internet security practice.
Nevertheless, the movement shows the deep anger and sense of futility among security professionals, many of whom feel that a bad situation is getting worse, endangering not only their companies but the national economy.
"There's nothing you can do" to keep determined and well-financed hackers out, said Rodney Joffe, senior technologist at Internet infrastructure company Neustar and an advisor to the White House on cybersecurity.
Joffe recently looked at 168 of the largest 500 U.S. companies by revenue and found evidence in Neustar forensic logs that 162 of them owned machines that at some point had been transmitting data out to hackers.
Frustration by security professionals is not new. Some privately admitted to rooting for Lulz Security last year during that hacking group's unprecedented spree of public crimes, when it broke into and embarrassed Sony, an FBI affiliate and others with routine hacking techniques. They said the resulting media coverage finally caught the attention of CEOs and legislators, although tougher cybersecurity laws have yet to pass Congress.
Although some strike-backs have occurred quietly in the past, Facebook popularized going on offense, said Jeff Moss, founder of the influential Black Hat security conferences and an advisor to the Department of Homeland Security.
In January, Facebook Inc. named some of the Russian players behind the malicious "Koobface" software that spread through spam on various social networks, earning the gang an estimated $2 million.
The security industry's shortcomings were underscored most recently by the discovery of the Flame spying virus in the Middle East.
Mikko Hypponen, the well-regarded chief research officer at Finland's F-Secure Oyj, told the Reuters Summit his company had a sample of Flame in 2010 and classified it as clean and later missed another virus called Duqu that was suspected of being backed by Western governments.
"These are examples how we are failing" as an industry, Hypponen said. "Consumer-grade antivirus you buy from the store does not work too well trying to detect stuff created by the nation-states with nation-state budgets."
Because some national governments are suspected in attacks on private Western companies, it is natural that some of the victims want to join their own governments to fight back.
"It's time to have the debate about what the actions would be for the private sector," former NSA director Kenneth Minihan said at the RSA security conference held earlier this year in San Francisco.
In April, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told the San Jose Mercury News that officials had been contemplating authorizing even "proactive" private-entity attacks, although there has been little follow-up comment.
Many large security providers no longer preach that keeping the enemy out is paramount. Instead, they adopt the more recent line taken by the Pentagon, which is to assume that hackers have gotten inside and will again.
The mainstream advice now is to focus on trying to detect suspicious activity as quickly as possible in order to shut it down.
Hitting back with force is only the most colorful of possible responses after that. More common alternatives include deep analysis of what data has been sent out and attempts to learn whether the recipients were competitors, criminals who might try to resell it, or national governments, who might be inclined to share it with local industry.
Some experts also say executives should identify their most prized intellectual property and keep it off of networked computers and consider evasive action - such as having 100 versions of a critical digitized blueprint and only one that is genuine, with the right one never identified in emails.
"There is a reason that people fly halfway around the world to have a one-hour meeting," Joffe said of intelligence agencies.
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Robin Basham recently lead the Cloud Security Alliance CCM 4 to NIST 800-53 R5 Working Group. This effort began as a proposed commitment in April, involving the collaboration of some of our biggest and most well respected East Bay Enterprises. Leveraging the talent of 20 volunteers and mappings as designed in three major companies, the CCM WG produced a refined mapping that will release in JSON format and hopefully brings much-needed clarity to the cloud security and compliance community.
Owner EnterpriseGRC Solutions, President, ISC2 East Bay, Certified Information Systems Security (CISSP), Audit (CISA), Governance (CGEIT) and Risk (CRISC), ICT GRC expert and early adopter in both certifying and offering certification programs for Cloud Security and Virtualization (CRP, VRP), with industry experience in the management of systems, controls and data for SaaS (IaaS and PaaS), Finance, Healthcare, Banking, Education, Defense, and High Tech. Positions held include Technology Officer at State Street Bank, Leading Process Engineering for a major New England CLEC, Sr. Director Enterprise Technology for multiple advisory firms, founding, engineering product and running two governance software companies, past Director Enterprise Compliance for a major player in the mortgage industry, Ellie Mae. Recently full time at Cisco, Sr. Unified Compliance and ISMS Program Manager, Robin currently provides research and training content to major cybersecurity vendors, leads LSHC in support of three MDM clients as well as donates substantial time to supporting social platform security to further social democracy. Robin contributed a mapping refresh for NIST 171/172 to Dr. Ron Ross and Victoria Yan Pillitteri FISMA team and lead the CCM v4.2 to NIST 800-53r5 working group. She is also a past board member of the ISACA SV Chapter. As a lifetime achievement, Robin has convinced over 500 people to stand up and speak on topics involving security and technology.
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Best Franchise Management Software For Small Business
Franchise Management Software has been designed specifically for franchises and franchisers. There are many different solutions for franchises in different markets and industries.
Best Franchise Management Software For Small Business:
Welcome to Shortcuts – The World Leader in Smart Salon Software. Shortcuts salon software enables you to streamline your business and manage Appointment Booking, Marketing, Salon POS and clients all in one simple salon software solution.
Our mission at Cybex Systems is to provide technically superior enterprise retail solutions to medium sized retailers. Our primary business objective is to improve our clients operations through the effective use of Cybex applications as their principal business information tools.
CollaborateCloud | Social Work Management Platform, Enterprise Social Network, Online File Collaboration.
Mobile Field Management & Performance Evaluation Software. Action Card’s mobile and web-based architecture eliminates time-consuming paper reviews adding efficiencies to field visits. It helps users identify, track and reconcile action items critical to your compliance and brand standards.
FISION Corporation. While our contemporaries were focused on traditional marketing channels, our team had their eyes on the technology. When the Internet revolution first emerged, we were one of the first integrated marketing groups specializing in high-level problem solving to incorporate digital communications into our integrated marketing offerings. We knew right away that the future of communications had arrived.
Franchise 360 | Franchise Management Software. Franchise 360 is the UK’s leading franchise management system. Web-based, it’s priced from just £25 per month per franchise including support.
FRM Solutions | Franchise Software, Franchise CRM, Franchise Management Software. Franchise management software. Recruitment, project management, legal & compliance, and operations support. No excuses. Just solutions.
Franchise Management Software. HQ Branches is a complete online franchise software package that is tailorable to your specific needs.
Lakson Business Solutions Limited (software house in pakistan, SEO, Shopping cart, Website designing). web site development, shopping cart, leading mobile applications apps development company specializing I-Phone, i phone, iOS, i-Pad, ipad, Android and other Smartphone devices and Facebook application development for Mobile apps such as and also provide Game Development Services.
The Qebot Business Management Platform and Marketplace for SMB’s. Qebot consolidates the digital tools your business needs to thrive. Marketing and operations tools all in one platform to save you time and resources.
Statistical Tracking for Franchise Companies. As the pace of the world changes, so does the way in which we manage our businesses. More and more people are expanding into the world of franchise and looking for ways to manage this enormous task of tracking and obtaining accurate, timely and reliable information.
Association Management Systems | Healthcare Management Systems | Franchise Management Systems | Waterfall Software.
Waterfall Software offers a suite of SaaS solutions that enable organizations to efficiently grow online communities and manage ongoing operations. While WATERFALL SOFTWARE began as a franchise software and franchise management system, the portal now exists as a healthcare management system, education management system, association management system, and government management system. Waterfall’s robust dashboard-based business management software empowers any organization by providing business intelligence that helps clients make complex decisions with added confidence.
Franchise Management Software, Franchise Management, Service Management, Retail Management, QSR Software, Franchise Accounting Software.
Waterstreet is the leading integrated web-based business software suite, including business management software, franchise management software, service management software and retail management software. Effectively and efficiently manage all of your key business operations with one seamless business software solution!
Franchise Opportunities and UK Franchises for Sale. Find franchise opportunities using our free franchise matching service or browse our directory of franchises for sale. Read helpful articles from franchising experts and get the latest franchise industry news.
ZeeWise Inc. ZeeWise is an established software provider within franchising that assists some of franchising’s faster growing brands with their data collection, consolidation and reporting needs.
Personal contact info – [email protected]
Permanent Address :- Montville, NJ
CEO and co-founder at Cloudsmallbusinessservice.com
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The goal for World Heart Day 2021 is to use the power of digital health to increase global awareness, prevention, and management of CVD, therefore, it is telehealth that is considered to be the future, or rather the present of healthcare.
“Use Heart To Connect.”
As the world fights COVID-19, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is still the world’s leading cause of death, accounting for 18.6 million deaths per year. Smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity are among the many causes, as is air pollution.
This World Heart Day, the Federation chose the theme, “Use Heart to Connect” and as such based their purpose for 2021 on 3 main pillars: Equity, Prevention and Community.
This blog post will delve into the theme for 2021, provide you with more facts regarding CVD and then share insights that we as a company managed to collect from our employees.
“Use Heart to Connect” – How?
As COVID-19 extends its stay well into 2021 and most likely into the first half of 2022, the young, old, healthy and sick are all being affected.
The healthcare crisis that we have all been experiencing has highlighted the urgent need to find new and innovative ways to connect people to heart health, particularly in low-resource areas and communities.
Hence, the goal for World Heart Day 2021 is to use the power of digital health to increase global awareness, prevention, and management of CVD, therefore, it is telehealth that is considered to be the future, or rather the present of healthcare.
The theme thus revolves around connecting with our own hearts, ensuring that we are fueling and nurturing them as best we can, and utilizing the power of digital to connect every heart, everywhere.
As mentioned previously, this World Heart Day is based on three pillars: Equity, Prevention and Community.
- Equity: Although the world isn’t based on Equity, and many organizations and individuals are battling for equity in terms of genderism and racism, healthcare needs to disregard any such differences in individuals. Not all hearts are created equal. But they ought to be… and digital health can assist in redressing the balance
Isolated hearts are more at risk for cardiovascular diseases as they are not able to connect with doctors or health workers, and this is mainly due to the current digital divide within our communities, but in times like this it is crucial to realize that technology and data will assist us in closing the gap quickly. Thereby, enabling and empowering everyone, everywhere – young and old, men and women, children and adults, patients, community health workers, and doctors – to use digital tools for better heart-related disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Prevention: It is crucial despite your history of Cardiovascular Diseases that you take the necessary precautions such as eating a healthy diet, saying no to tobacco and getting plenty of exercises.
Although COVID-19 has burdened all healthcare systems it is crucial that you not disregard your treatment plans and check-ups, especially if you have been diagnosed with heart failure, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity or heart diseases.
- Community: You aren’t alone. There are 520 million people in the world who have been diagnosed with some type of CVD, and many of them have been instructed by governments or other regulatory bodies, to stay home and sheltered. Although this is true to some extent, many are avoiding medical appointments with this instruction in mind. They began isolating themselves from friends and family and even physical exercise has seen a decline. But this should not be the case. By harnessing the powers of technology, individuals should be able to connect with their doctors, family and friends virtually. They should be able to obtain medications through online ordering platforms and they should be able to focus on physical exercises at home. If one is more of a group exercise person, facilities such as Zoom groups where a group of people work out, perform Yoga or other forms of physical exercises are available.
What is a Cardiovascular Disease?
Our hearts are the size of our fists and start beating 3 weeks into being conceived, well before any other organ. Therefore, in an average person’s lifetime, it would have been beaten a couple of billion times. Thereby winning the title of the strongest muscle in the body. However, it needs a lot of care to remain that way, and it becomes vulnerable to certain factors such as smoking, having an unhealthy diet or constant exposure to stress factors.
CVD is a group of diseases affecting the heart or blood vessels (veins and arteries). Every year, more people die from CVD than from any other cause: over 18.6 million. 85 per cent of these deaths are caused by coronary heart disease (e.g., heart attacks) and cerebrovascular disease (e.g., strokes), and they primarily affect low- and middle-income countries.
Symptoms of Cardiovascular Diseases
- Chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure and chest discomfort
- Pain, weakness or numbness in your legs and/or arms
- Pain or discomfort in the arms, neck, shoulder, jaw and back
- Shortness of breath
- Easily tiring during exercise or activity
- Changes in your heart rhythm
- Very fast or slow heartbeat, palpitations or fluttering in your chest
- Dizziness, lightheadedness or fainting
- Weakness or fatigue
- Swelling of the hands, legs, ankles or feet
- Skin rashes or unusual spots
- Dry or persistent cough
Men’s heart attack symptoms include severe chest pain, pain in the left arm or jaw, and difficulty breathing.
Women, on the other hand, experience more widespread pains that spread to the shoulders, neck, arms, abdomen, and back. Women may experience pain that is more akin to indigestion, and the pain may be intermittent. There may be no pain, but there may be unexplained anxiety, nausea, dizziness, palpitations, and cold sweating.
What can you do to lower your risk of CVDs?
According to the World Health Organization, up to 80% of all heart attacks and strokes are avoidable. The majority of CVD deaths are caused by risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, or diabetes, which can be prevented or controlled to a large extent by eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, and not smoking. It is also critical to monitor your blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and blood sugar levels.
“Use Heart To Connect” – The Cloud Solutions International Survey
As a company that is based in healthcare through technology, we believe we play a key role in the accessibility and quality of healthcare in many ways, and as such, we wanted to look deeper – deeper into what our employees know about CardioVascular diseases and their tips to lead a healthier lifestyle.
This study consisted of a higher percentage of women and individuals who were Under the age of 30 (Women 61.5% and Under 30-year-olds 69.2%). However, when asked about their knowledge about CVDs, at least 62% had extensive knowledge. This then began to bring up questions on whether these individuals, who were mostly Under 30, had been diagnosed with CVD or had a family member diagnosed with CVD. Therefore, we asked that very question, only to find out that less than 25% of the respondents were either directly or indirectly affected.
This meant that although individuals were not directly or indirectly affected by it, they did their research and knew the basics of Cardiovascular Diseases. Furthermore, we saw individuals following healthy habits such as getting enough sleep, drinking a lot of water, avoiding smoking and drinking and instilling a positive mindset and attitude.
Furthermore, given that mental health is such a taboo topic in Sri Lanka, many fail to express just how much their diagnoses affect their mental health. 92% of our employees who were either diagnosed with a CVD or had a family member be diagnosed, expressed issues in mental health, almost immediately after receiving the diagnosis.
Thus, allowing us to make the conclusion that we need to do more to support individuals suffering from CVDs, there needs to be more done in order to make them feel connected and for them to receive suitable treatment in these very trying times. As a socially responsible healthcare organization, we choose to repeatedly raise awareness on this issue – both internally and externally, thereby embodying this year’s theme. It is now your chance to, Use Heart To Connect!
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We pride ourselves on becoming your partner and help your company reach its goals.
Public Warehousing Milwaukee
For more than 35 years Christopher Morgan Fulfillment has provided comprehensive warehousing and value-added logistics services in Milwaukee and across the country.
Quickly Getting Your Products on Your Customers Shelves On Time
With the current trend toward reducing inventories, there is a constant demand for variable space, labor, and equipment required to support the business during peak season or large growth cycles. Given adequate lead-time, public warehouses are able to offer manufacturers total flexibility to either increase or decrease their space, equipment, and human resources requirements. Here are just a few of the advantages that we provide through our public warehousing Milwaukee services:
Transportation – Manufacturers who consolidate their materials and merchandise in a public warehouse are able to realize significant cost savings due to the high percentage of total distribution or logistics costs associated with transportation.
Increased Profits – By using a public warehouse, a company does not have to use its capital to acquire and operate a distribution center such as buildings, systems, or equipment. Instead, this capital can be freed up and redirected to areas that make a higher contribution to increasing profits, such as research and development, marketing, or employee education.
Logistics Knowledge – Regional public warehouse operators – that are owned and operated by entrepreneurs who have been in the business for decades, provide a unique value and make a significant contribution to the smooth execution of a company’s supply chain strategy. This is simply due to their intimate knowledge of how to get things done in their market and the rock solid relationships they have developed over the years.
Distribution Focus – Providing logistical services is all public warehouses do. As a result, they devote all of their resources to being excellent at “the basics”, continuously improving processes, providing on-going training, investing in equipment advancements, and developing or acquiring leading edge hardware/software systems. By having this focus, manufacturers are freed up to concentrate on their core competency such as marketing, R&D, or manufacturing and know that the public warehouse will be in a position to support and actually help them grow their business.
Human Resources – Virtually every business lists the hiring and retention of quality labor as one of their most critical challenges. Since public warehouses are in the service business and human resources is a key ingredient to providing quality services, they must develop a core competency in human resource management.
Information Technology – The primary concerns of public warehouses are logistics and the integration among supply chain partners, so they regularly allocate more resources to IT development and frequently have more sophisticated or leading edge information technology capabilities than corporations whose core competency is not distribution. As a result, unless a manufacturer has devoted an unusually high amount of resources to IT, they will find that one of the benefits of using a public warehouse is the availability of leading edge IT.
Inventory Control – One of the most overlooked benefits of using public warehousing is added control over your product and level of service provided. Contrary to popular belief, a properly “managed” relationship can give the manufacturer even more control than if they used a company-operated facility. Essentially, a public warehouse becomes the manufacturer’s “product bank.” The manufacturer directs inventory deposits and withdrawals and it’s the responsibility of the warehouse to ensure and guarantee its accuracy.
Resource Purchasing Power – Since public warehouses are supporting the needs of a number of manufacturers, they often purchase larger quantities of resources. By purchasing “in bulk”, public warehousing can often times reduce the total cost of resources required to support a company’s distribution system.
Christopher Morgan Fulfillment has access to more than 600,000 square feet of professionally managed, secure, dry storage space, warehousing & distribution in Milwaukee and in all regions of the United States.
|Our facilities are located in:
New Berlin, Wisconsin
Los Angeles, California
East Brunswick, New Jersey
Here are a few of the services we offer at all of our warehousing & distribution facilities:
Warehousing and Distribution Milwuakee Services:
- Case Pick/Open Case Pick
- Small Parcel Shipping (Fed-Ex, UPS, DHL, USPS)
- Cross Docking
- Just-in-Time (JIT)
- Retail, direct-to-consumer & business-to-business distribution.
- Contract (Dedicated) and Public (Multi-Client) facilities
- Real-time web access to inventory
- WMS with full reporting and analytics
- Cycle Counts
- Value-Added Services
- Overflow and Seasonal Warehousing
- Inventory and supply chain management
- Milwaukee Warehousing
To learn more about our public warehousing services, give us a call today at 262-780-7296.
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I hope you’ve spent some splendid time near the beach and enjoyed the gentle sea breeze. Now, when you’re full of energy and ravenous to conquer new frontiers, CMS2CMS decided to give you a boost in the web journey. Starting from now, you have a unique opportunity to get a discount up to 20% by….actually catching it!
First, go to the page where the special discount crabs are, and click on the crab you’ve liked the most. Caught it? Perfect! Now, copy the coupon code you’ve got, and start the automated migration. On the 3d step of the migration process, please find a section “I have a coupon”. Paste there your coupon code and complete the migration.
Mind that the offer lasts until the 31st of August!
So don’t wait up and start your crab hunting😉 Catch your discount and save your money with the help of CMS2CMS service.
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Rep. Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont), Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, greeted yesterday’s acquittal of Attorney General Ken Paxton with a very public, very bitter lament. He ended with what sounded like a threat to pursue Paxton in other ways. But other members of the Texas State House renewed calls for Phelan to step down from his Speakership.
A Texas sized donnybrook
In May 2023, Phelan presided over a House that voted 121-23 to impeach Paxton on several financial corruption charges. At issue was his friendship with Nate Paul, who frequently supports Paxton’s reelection campaigns financially. Charges varied from acceptance of improper gifts to finding a job for Paul’s wife. Perhaps the most serious charges alleged misappropriation of State taxpayer funds.
But Ryan Vassar, formerly a Deputy Attorney General, had no evidence for his charges, either for the FBI in Fall of 2020 or before the Texas Senate over the eleven-day trial. Accordingly, the Senate acquitted Paxton, 16-14 with one abstention. (Angela Paxton, Ken Paxton’s wife, also serves as a State Senator, so she had no vote.)
X user DC Draino named the two Republican Senators who joined the twelve Democrats in voting to convict.
(It would have taken twenty or twenty-one Senators to convict Paxton in any case.)
Paxton thanked his supporters, including his wife, and also warned the Biden Administration that he, now that he can resume the powers and duties of his office, would be pursuing that Administration in the federal courts.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) also expressed his support and his eagerness to work with Paxton on several pending legal cases.
(Texas faces a lawsuit over the ballards, interspersed with serrated-edged disks, they have strung along part of the Rio Grande.)
A RINO’s lament
But Dade Phelan bitterly accused the Senate, and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, of “cheating the people of Texas of justice.” He then darkly hinted that Paxton faces “multiple other lawsuits, indictments, and investigations.”
The “drunk jackass” remark refers to an incident, also in May, in which Phelan tried to speak, and slurred his words.
Several of his colleagues, and Attorney General Paxton, called on him to resign even then.
And they are calling on him to resign now. Rep. Brian Harrison (R-Nacogdoches), who voted against impeachment, accused Phelan and other Republican leaders of betraying the Party, collaborating with Democrats, pressuring Republicans to vote for impeachment, and bringing the Texas House into disrepute. In fact, he has called for the State Auditor to investigate the total cost of the impeachment process.
The next generation is on the line; with every freedom and liberty being eroded. Yet instead of securing the border, passing school choice, banning COVID mandates, fixing our grid and energy market, reining in emergency executive powers, cutting spending, ending property taxes, deregulating our economy, or stopping communist governments from buying Texas land, the Speaker of the House prioritized the impeachment of a recently re-elected Attorney General who has proven he is up to the most important task of our time: fighting the out of control federal government, which seeks to destroy our rights, our freedoms, our liberties, our state sovereignty, and the Constitution.
Harrison also has a bone to pick with Phelan for appointing Democrats to chair key committees. Almost no other majority leader or other presiding officer awards chairmanships to the minority.
Terry A. Hurlbut has been a student of politics, philosophy, and science for more than 35 years. He is a graduate of Yale College and has served as a physician-level laboratory administrator in a 250-bed community hospital. He also is a serious student of the Bible, is conversant in its two primary original languages, and has followed the creation-science movement closely since 1993.
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CNN Digital Unveils E-Commerce Platform “CNN Underscored”
CNN launched today its first effort in e-commerce with the debut of CNN Underscored, an online shopping guide for the best in style, tech, health and travel.
An entirely separate editorial entity, the commerce initiative is committed to providing informative content about a variety of topics and products relevant to the daily lives of CNN’s audience.
An extension of the CNN Digital domain, and built by CNN’s business development team, CNN Underscored’s content is both seasonally appropriate and data-driven. All the products featured on the site are vetted, tested and recommended by a team of writers dedicated to reviewing high-quality products available for purchase.
In addition to Underscored, CNN will relaunch the online home for its CNN Store later this month, where fans can purchase attire and gear to celebrate CNN, as well as non-branded education and technology products.
More About CNN Underscored:
What is Underscored?
CNN Underscored is an ecommerce initiative that will give recommendations for the best products and services geared towards lifestyle, tech, health, and travel.
How does a reader know if they are looking at sponsored or ecommerce content?
CNN Digital’s editorial and business teams have worked hard to make sure the lines between CNN Underscored’s content and CNN journalism are very clear. The pages looks different. The logo is different. There is a disclaimer at the top. Visually it is extremely transparent, and that’s very important to us. We are upfront with our audience about what is news and what is shopping content –on every page.
How many people do you have on staff working on this content?
CNN news staff is not at all involved in the product selection or reviews. CNN Underscored’s commerce writers are the primary voices on CNN.com/Underscored. They are fully dedicated to writing, reviewing and telling the audience about the quality products and services they’ve vetted. They aren’t splitting their time between news and commerce content. Underscored is their only focus.
How do you handle the division between CNN journalism and business?
The CNN Underscored team operates separately from the CNN news team. CNN Underscored pages are designed differently from the editorial news pages in order to further distinguish the commerce content from the news content. CNN Underscored follows all FTC guidelines for proper labeling and disclaimer language, and the disclaimer also makes it clear that CNN earns a percentage of the revenue from any consumer purchases via the CNN Underscored recommendations.
Does CNN make money if I buy something?
Yes. CNN receives revenue when you make a purchase after clicking through from one of the reviews or pages on Underscored.
How do you choose which products to recommend?
The Underscored team is focused on what they call ‘the three Rs.’ That’s Research, Reputation, and Recommendation – they select products that they’ve researched. They make sure the product is tested, either first-hand or by reviewing star ratings and comments, independent studies, listing awards, and well-respected reports to justify their picks. They find products and providers with a strong reputation for quality and then make recommendation to our users.
How do they choose which retailers to direct traffic to?
It will depend entirely on the product, but they will never direct traffic to an unsafe or untrusted retailer.
How do you work with the countless online merchants?
CNN Underscored uses affiliate networks that connect publishers and advertisers. The affiliate networks allow them to pick premium retailers with whom they’d like to work.
How are you going to market it?
To promote awareness for the new initiative, CNN will leverage its existing platforms, including its website, social platforms, newsletters and other search platforms. Clear labeling will be featured to distinguish Underscored content from CNN news editorial content.
How can a merchant work with Underscored?
Merchants with unique products or services who would like to be featured, should email [email protected]. When submitting, explain how and why that product or service stands out. Note that CNN Underscored maintains full editorial control and cannot guarantee any coverage based on submissions.
Where can we find and follow it?
For more information, visit CNN Underscored’s About Us page.
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Many years ago, I made the acquaintance of Howard Nemerov. I don’t want this to sound any larger than it was — acquaintance is just the right word. He lived down the street from me here, in St. Louis. Sometimes we’d talk of war, World War II for him, Vietnam for me. I remember once saying how I always felt like my service was a failure, that somehow I had failed The Manhood Test. It was one of the first times I’d ever been aggressively honest about my trauma. He admitted having the same feelings. “It’s amazing how war can make us feel like a failure, even when all we failed to do was get ourselves killed.”
And, of course, we spoke of poetry. I have for decades meditated on an off-handed comment he made. “I have no imagination.” At first, I was uncomprehending. Years later, as I walked across the campus of Washington University, years after he’d passed, I saw Nemerov’s old office window. There were the gingko trees he wrote about in his poetry. He didn’t imagine anything. He just looked out the window. That act of looking took no imagination. The art was in his craft.
This poem below records an event that happened in 1970. My first night in the 4th Infantry Division, North Vietnamese sappers blew-up twenty-one helicopters. Welcome to The Nam. The next night, we watched “Puff The Magic Dragon”, a Douglas AC-47 gunship, killed these N. V. A. maybe a half-a-mile from the camp. This gunship carried three mini-guns, Gatling guns, which fired so many rounds, 6,000 rounds a minute, that it was said that they put one bullet in every square inch of an area the size of a football field. These mini-guns don’t even sound like a rat-a-tat-tat machine gun. It’s more like wwwwhhhaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, so many bullets firing so fast that they are indistinguishable. The next morning, a patrol didn’t find any bodies, just body-sized splotches of blood.
I wanted to capture the fact that my feelings were a combination of relief and awe. It is a cliché to say that soldiers are always afraid. No doubt many are. But I wasn’t afraid. And I wasn’t brave. This untitled poem records the night in The Nam that I became dissociative.
I have struggled for decades with my own reaction formation, which is a near-pacifist stance. I hate war. But that doesn’t mean I didn’t find it arousing. Hence, “it’s finally time” to tell a story that I, for decades, didn’t want to know about myself.
Years after the war, it’s finally time,
our first sergeant retired,
our outpost plowed under,
the secrets no longer the news, that we tell
the story and tell it again until we hear
what we hated to know:
that we admired the arc of the tracer,
that we admired the splotches of blood.
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MICHELE SWANN NAMED 2016 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE BY VENUES TODAY MAGAZINE
ATLANTA – Michele Swann, General Manager & CEO of the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority, will receive the Women of Influence 2016 Award from Venues Today magazine.
Swann has led the Cobb Galleria Centre, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Galleria Specialty Shops, and ArtsBridge Foundation through tremendous growth in facilities, programs, and services. First hired in 1995 as assistant general manager, Swann was promoted to general manager/CEO of the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority in 1999. Swann has worked in public venue management for more than 30 years. She is a past Trustee of the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) Foundation and past Vice President of Region Five.
Venues Today is the leading source of original reporting for live entertainment and events, serving management, owners and suppliers to music, sports and meetings venues internationally. According to the magazine, Swann “exemplifies qualities of leadership, integrity, dedication, motivation, and teamwork, all while inspiring other women to achieve their own goals as well.” Venues Today offers a number of annual awards to honor excellence in the venue industry. Considered to be one of Venues Today’s most prestigious honors, the Women of Influence are given out each year during the International Association of Venue Manager’s annual conference and tradeshow, VenueConnect.
About the Authority
The Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority owns and operates the Cobb Galleria Centre, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, ArtsBridge Foundation and Galleria Specialty Shops and is governed by seven members, appointed to seven posts. The Authority is a body corporate and politic created by the Georgia General Assembly in 1980 for the purpose of acquiring, constructing and maintaining facilities for the general purpose of promoting cultural growth, education and welfare.
About Cobb Galleria Centre
The Cobb Galleria Centre is located in the beautifully landscaped 88-acre Galleria complex in prestigious northwest Atlanta. Cobb Galleria Centre is Atlanta’s premier convention facility with 320,000 square feet of event space, four exhibition halls, 20 meeting rooms, four executive boardrooms and a grand ballroom. Cobb Galleria Centre had more than 348,000 visitors to 635
events in 2015, resulting in an overall economic impact of $123 million. For more information, visit cobbgalleria.com and follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/CobbGalleria, on Twitter at @CobbGalleria and on Instagram at instagram.com/cobbgalleria/.
About Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre is located at 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway in northwest Atlanta, inside the Perimeter. Cobb Energy Centre is a premier venue for opera, concerts, Broadway shows, ballet, educational shows, family shows and corporate meetings and events. The Centre hosts
two resident companies, the Atlanta Ballet and The Atlanta Opera. The facility includes the 2,750-seat John A. Williams Theatre, 10,000-square-foot Kessel D. Stelling Ballroom and other meeting spaces, 1,000 parking spaces including a 700-space parking deck, and full-service food and beverage capabilities. For more information about the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, visit cobbenergycentre.com and follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/CEPAC, on Twitter at @CobbEnergyPAC and on Instagram at instagram.com/cobbenergypac/.
About ArtsBridge Foundation
ArtsBridge Foundation is dedicated to providing quality arts education and community engagement programs that engage, motivate, inspire, and elevate the next generation of artists and arts supporters. ArtsBridge forms connections with students in grades K-12 by providing arts education opportunities through field trip programs to the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, master class workshops, artists-in-schools, and the annual Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards – Shuler Hensley Awards. Since our inception in 2007, ArtsBridge has served more than 300,000 students and educators from 54 Georgia counties, plus students from Alabama, Tennessee, Florida and South Carolina. To learn more, visit artsbridgega.org and follow us on Twitter at @ArtsbridgeGA, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ArtsBridgeGa and on Instagram at instagram.com/artsbridgega/.
About Galleria Specialty Shops
Located in the beautifully landscaped 88-acre Galleria complex in prestigious northwest Atlanta, the Galleria Specialty Shops is one of Atlanta’s premier shopping locations with one-of-a-kind shops and restaurants. For more information on the Galleria Specialty Shops visit galleriaspecialtyshops.com.
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"name": "IAVM Foundation",
"role": "past Trustee"
}
}
},
{
"organization": {
"name": "International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM)",
"sub_entity": {
"name": "Region Five",
"role": "past Vice President"
}
}
}
]
}
},
"venues_managed": [
{
"facility_name": "Cobb Galleria Centre",
"organization": {
"name": "Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority"
}
},
{
"facility_name": "Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre",
"organization": {
"name": "Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority"
}
},
{
"organization": {
"name": "ArtsBridge Foundation",
"role": "leader"
}
},
{
"facility_name": "Galleria Specialty Shops",
"organization": {
"name": "Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority"
}
}
],
"about_authority": {
"name": "Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority",
"governance": {
"body_type": "body corporate and politic",
"members": "seven",
"appointees": "seven posts",
"creation_year": "1980"
},
"purpose": {
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"acquiring facilities",
"constructing facilities",
"maintaining facilities",
"promoting cultural growth",
"promoting education",
"promoting welfare"
]
}
},
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"location": "Atlanta",
"features": {
"total_space": "320,000 square feet",
"components": [
"four exhibition halls",
"20 meeting rooms",
"four executive boardrooms",
"grand ballroom"
]
},
"visitors_and_events_in_2015": {
"visitors": "more than 348,000",
"number_of_events": "635",
"economic_impact": "$123 million"
},
"url": "cobbgalleria.com"
},
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"location": "Atlanta",
"features": {
"theatre": {
"name": "John A. Williams Theatre",
"seating_capacity": "2,750"
},
"meeting_spaces": "10,000-square-foot Kessel D. Stelling Ballroom",
"parking": {
"spaces": "1,000",
"deck_spaces": "700"
},
"food_and_beverage": "full-service"
},
"host_resident_companies": [
"Atlanta Ballet",
"The Atlanta Opera"
],
"url": "cobbenergycentre.com"
},
"about_artsbridge_foundation": {
"mission": "providing quality arts education and community engagement programs",
"target_audience": "grades K-12",
"programs_offered": [
"field trip programs to the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre",
"master class workshops",
"artists-in-schools",
"Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards – Shuler Hensley Awards"
],
"served_population_since_inception": "over 300,000 students and educators from 54 Georgia counties, plus students from Alabama, Tennessee, Florida and South Carolina",
"url": "artsbridgega.org"
},
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"location": "Atlanta",
"description": "one-of-a-kind shops and restaurants",
"url": "galleriaspecialtyshops.com"
}
}
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Assuming you have a valid Georgia mechanic or materialmen’s lien, the lien is good for one year from the date the lien is filed. In order to extend the lien beyond this expiration date, however, Georgia’s lien laws require that the Lien Claimant file a lawsuit against the party with whom they contracted before the lien expires. In addition, the lien claimant must file (and serve) a Notice of Filing of Action for Claim on Mechanics and Materialmen’s Liens. Fulfilling all of the statutory requirements before the statute of limitations expires is referred to as “perfecting your lien”.
Due to the complexity of complying with Georgia’s Lien Laws and the inherent difficulties of self-representation, it is very important to have an attorney prepare this suit and meet the other statutory requirements on your behalf.
We occasionally get telephone calls, however, from subcontractors or laborers who filed their own liens and call us to help them perfect their liens; unfortunately, there are situations where the costs to enforce your lien rights may not justify the legal expenses. In those instances, Georgia offers a possible avenue for these smaller claims–Magistrate Court.
Georgia Magistrate Court is our state’s version of small claims court or the people’s court. Although the Magistrate Court is usually more dignified than the shows on television, it really is a forum for citizens of Georgia who are owed money but aren’t owned enough money to justify the expense and the time of hiring legal counsel. Thus, you may be able to file and prosecute an action in Magistrate Court pro se (that is, representing yourself). Magistrate Court currently has a jurisdictional limit of $15,000 which means you can only file your lawsuit in Magistrate Court if the amount you are owed is less than $15,000; consequently, the Cobb Law Group does not do much work in Magistrate Court, but you can find out more information by clicking here:
If you choose to pursue your claim in Magistrate Court, you are still required to file your Notice of Filing of Action for Claim on Mechanics and Materialmen’s Liens, and we strongly suggest that you hire a Georgia Construction law firm to prepare this document on your behalf as it must meet statutory requirements and will require information relating to the current owner’s of the real estate which may be difficult to locate.
If you have any experience which you wish to share regarding your experience with perfecting liens or filing a lawsuit in one of Georgia’s Magistrate Courts, please leave a comment below.
This is a general information article and should not be construed as legal advice or a legal opinion. The content above has been edited for conciseness and additional relevant points are omitted for space constraints. Readers are encouraged to seek counsel from a construction lawyer for advice on a particular circumstance.
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"lien_information": {
"expiration_duration": "one year",
"extension_requirements": {
"actions": [
{
"type": "file_lawsuit",
"deadline": "before the lien expires"
},
{
"type": "file_notice",
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"court_type": "Magistrate Court",
"jurisdiction_limit": "$15,000",
"cobb_law_group_involvement": "low",
"pro_se_litigation_capability": "possible",
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"recommendation_for_hiring": "a Georgia Construction law firm"
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}
}
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Time is of the essence. All perspectives, skills and roles are essential. Let’s create a sustainable future together.
Our partner, the Global Impact Alliance is a courageous stand for the potential of humanity to evolve in mindset, and create systems that ensure an equitable, purpose driven and sustainable 21st century. The NGO convenes a change network of Impact Entrepreneurs (“Creators”), Impact Investors (“Catalysts”) and Conscious Citizens (“Mentors”). We connect, advice, mentor and train to create measurable and scalable impact and system change. We work with organisations and companies ready to cooperate across sectors to meet the SDGs and implement the Roadmap of our Charta.
Building a truly sustainable future needs more than impactful projects. It needs a change of mindset, the transformation of our current systems & understanding the impact of disruptive technologies. We hence date to ask uncomfortable questions, to present alternative approaches to our current economic, health and education system and facilitate courageous projects around these key topics:
- The Purpose of Capital
- The Power of Giving
- The unintended consequences of Technology
- Trust in times of Automation
- Teaching & School reinvented
- The Ethics of AI & Biotech
- Including the “unheard” into the Impact Conversation
- Barriers to innovative inventions coming to market
- Collaboration for Health
- Integrating impact as part of Success in Life, Business & Investments
Solutions are driven by multi-stakeholder projects, for-profit companies or non-profit organisations that
- solve one or more of our most pressing issues.
- contribute towards one or more of the SDGs.
- have a sustainable business model.
- have the potential to scale.
- are led by conscious entrepreneurs.
Activation of Bioregional Business Ecosystems and Bioregional Regeneration Regenerative Reboot is a project that seeks to achieve an ecological, social and systemic transformation within various territories (bio-regions). The project is about integrating and aligning the strategy and impact of the…
In response to an emergent necessity for a life-affirming, symbiotic collaboration between politics, economy, science and the civic society, we create a Chamber of Purpose (CoP) in addition to the established Chambers of Commerce. The CoP connects stakeholders committed to…
ScienceX is the platform-based collaboration ecosystem for sharing data and results to create projects and ventures beyond the bench. The ScienceX platform is the toolbox to collaborate everywhere, inside and outside of academia, even connecting laboratories across societies and to…
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"The Ethics of AI & Biotech",
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"purpose": "life-affirming, symbiotic collaboration between politics, economy, science and the civic society"
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"type": "platform-based collaboration ecosystem",
"function": "sharing data and results to create projects and ventures beyond the bench"
}
}
}
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842 |
ScienceX is the platform-based collaboration ecosystem for sharing data and results to create projects and ventures beyond the bench.
The ScienceX platform is the toolbox to collaborate everywhere, inside and outside of academia, even connecting laboratories across societies and to external resources, funding opportunities and corporates. It integrates cutting-edge technology, with a reliable legal frame-work, networking activity in the scientific community, and your everyday digital tools like lab books or shared documents, all while aiming to revolutionise publishing and funding.
Research in times of COVID has shown that cooperation is the way to accelerate development and increase the success rate of science-based innovation. To solve humanities burning challenges, the science community, funders and commercial adoptors have to continue this work on a higher level of collaboration and goal-oriented efficiency. ScienceX ist the initiative to build a digital ecosystem and foster exchange. Talented scientists worldwide participate in joint research, share data and results while tracking who contributed; they receive tokens for their contribution, which are converted when research is funded, spun-off or patented; they can also trade these shares amongst one another; Researchers and spin-offs are enabled with a novel graphical navigator and network visualisation to effectively build their ventures; PIs, incubators, mentors and investors get life metrics to support KPI-based decisions and pre-validate opportunities.
ScienceX offers a semi-permeable platform for all institutes and facilities that simultaneously connects you to other labs, institutes, societies, incubators, industry and many more, whilst keeping your intellectual property secure and rewarding those who collaborate.
With expertise in both science and business, XChange crosses borders and connects sectors, from research to startups to global business and social impact. We are experts in serving various customer needs at the same time, developing customised solutions that connect to the bigger picture.
Activation of Bioregional Business Ecosystems and Bioregional Regeneration Regenerative Reboot is a project that seeks to achieve an ecological, social and systemic transformation within various territories (bio-regions). The project is about integrating and aligning the strategy and impact of the…
In response to an emergent necessity for a life-affirming, symbiotic collaboration between politics, economy, science and the civic society, we create a Chamber of Purpose (CoP) in addition to the established Chambers of Commerce. The CoP connects stakeholders committed to…
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]
}
|
843 |
Safari is an authoritative travel, tourism and hospitality portal for Tanzania and East Africa
The Founding President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere hated the idea of paying bride price, in fact he abhorred the custom so much to an extent of terming it ‘Evil!’
Nyerere who died 22 years ago at Saint Thomas Hospital in London, is quoted as saying dowry turned girls and women into slaves.
“Paying for bride price is like buying women.” Mwalimu maintained.
The fact that they are ‘bought’, the man treats them as his property, and that he can beat them and mistreat them without any sanction from the community, while constantly reminding them that they were paid for with bride price,” Nyerere maintained.
That is part of an excerpt taken from his Biography, authored by Prof. Issa Shivji, Saida Yahya Othman and Ng’wanza Kamata.
Terming dowry as ‘evil’ Nyerere was quoted as saying he views it as a purely commercial transaction, in which women are commoditized and sold for a price.
Nyerere pointed out that, even men eventually fall victims of the horrid dowry system, because it only works in favor of the rich. A poor man without the requisite number of cows and goats would not be able to get a wife.
The former President of Tanzania also hated arranged marriages.
And he should have known, as he was a victim of such matrimonial arrangement.
Working as School Teacher in Tabora, Nyerere was subjected to an early engagement with a girl, Magori Watiha dispatched to him by his father, Chief Burito, all the way from their Butiama home village.
Nyerere could not sustain his betrothal to Magonis who was sent to him while he was teaching at Tabora. He sent the girl back to her parents, escorted from Tabora by his half-brother Joseph Muhunda.
Magori Watiha was still very young when she arrived in Tabora; Nyerere had agreed that she go to primary school while staying with him.
But he soon discovered that Magori had no interest in school, and Nyerere was not prepared to marry an uneducated girl.
Besides, Magori was apparently unhappy, as evidenced by her constant tears. However, an additional motivation for Nyerere returning Magori to her parents may have been his continuing opposition to arranged marriages, especially between young girls and older men.
Mwalimu would later Marry a fellow schoolteacher, Maria Waningu Magige in 1953 and she became the country’s First Lady in 1964
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}
}
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This is a complete Unity game, called Dash Valley.
It is ready for release, and it’s excellent for learning purposes.
Contains Admob and Unity Ads
How to play?
On mobile : Hold to slow down time, drag to aim and release to shoot.
On desktop/web : Hold to slow down time, drag to aim and release to shoot.
Your goal is to move the player as high as possible.
However, if you touch any of the red spikes, or you fall down, then you die.
Background music by Eric Matyas: http://www.soundimage.org
Sound effects: https://www.noiseforfun.com
- Implemented Admob and Unity Ads
- Three complete levels and an endless level
- Spawning system
- Score/highscore system
- Skin changing system
- Basic skins
- Sound effects, background music
- Commented, clean C# scripts
- Easy customization
- Basic menu
- Responsive UI
- Compatible with mobile and desktop
- Works with Text Mesh Pro
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"libraries": ["Text Mesh Pro"]
}
}
}
|
845 |
In the last round, I have received unexpected warnings from CodeForces plagiarism checker for the Div-2 contest that was hosted on June 4 2023.The warning says that my submission for the question 1840E was directly coninciding.
In the question we have to check the postion of the the arrays A,B according to the query(positions) given and swapping the values if the query was 1.It was straightforward and most the submissions had to do it as the output was also unique. i got the plag detection by using this algorithm and decremnting the count.
my submission -https://codeforces.com/contest/1840/submission/208801857 question — https://codeforces.com/contest/1840/problem/E
As you can see it was similiar as the algorithm was straightforward but our code was not alike. so i would request @MikeMirzayanov and @diskoteka @isosto @pavlekn @playerr17 (creators of the contest) to look into this. thank you
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}
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[Reading time: 10 seconds]
We all know about the 80/20 rule (the Pareto Principle), which states that roughly 80% of outcomes result from 20% of inputs or efforts.
Things get really interesting when you apply the 80/20 rule..
to the 80/20 rule!
This would suggest that 64% of outcomes could result from just 4% of inputs or efforts.
What has this got to do with cyber security?
To improve your cyber security defences:
Focus initially on the 4% of security measures*
that could address 64% of the common risks.
* I bet you already know the 4% that I’m talking about, but if not, you can find out at https://codeinmotion.ie/secure-foundation/
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}
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Learn to make iOS apps even if you have absolutely no programming experience. This hands-on book takes you from idea to App Store, using real-world examples—such as driving a car or eating at a restaurant—to teach programming and app development. You’ll learn concepts through clear, concise, jargon-free language.
This book focuses on Apple’s new programming language, Swift. Each lesson is divided into two parts: the lecture portion explains the terms and concepts through examples, and the exercise portion helps you apply these concepts while building real-world apps, like a tip calculator. Learn how to think differently—and see the world from a whole new perspective.
- Learn the basic building blocks of programming
- Dive into the Swift programming language
- Make apps for iPhone and iPad
- Use GPS in your app to find a user’s location
- Take or select photos with your app
- Integrate your app with Facebook and Twitter
- Submit your app to the App Store
- Manage and market your app on the App Store
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]
}
}
|
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Friend.tech has spread out to the entire Crypto community on X platform like a storm. It has been getting attractions, capital inflows, and bringing opportunities for everyone involved.
So, what exactly is Friend.tech?
What is Friend.tech?
Friend.tech is a new social app built on Base, the new Layer 2 network from Coinbase which was launched recently. The app allows users to tokenize their social network. In essence, people can sell “shares” of themselves, and these share owners can privately chat with the person they own shares in.
To initiate engagement, users must acquire an invitation code and link their X accounts (formerly known as Twitter). Upon satisfying these initial steps, users are required to inject a minimum of 0.01 $ETH into the Base network. The deposit grants users access to the Friend.tech application and its array of features.
How do people monetize with Friend.tech?
There are currently two ways to make money with Friend.tech
- “Buy low and Sell high” shares of others
Users can choose to join certain channels, earning a share of the selected channel by paying the base price. This base amount serves as the participation fee. If users later decide to leave the channel, they can liquidate their group shares.
By this method, whenever a user buys a share at such a price and sells it higher, he would profit from that trade, and vice versa.
- Own a quality account
The fee on Friend.tech is distributed as follows:
- 5% of the share price goes to the Friend Tech treasury.
- 5% of the share price goes to the person that you’re buying or selling the share from.
Obviously, the more dynamically a share is traded, the more revenue the share owner receives. Some of the top accounts have now generated up to $27K in revenue.
Friend.tech also distributed “points” for users every Friday. It’s still unclear what actually contributes to getting these points, but supposedly it’s mostly based on the fees you generate by buying and selling shares.
Several Friend.tech statistics
The below statistics are cited from our homemade source on Dune.
Until now, there have been over 1M cumulative transactions on Friend.tech, making a total of over $6M in fees.
The market has been so dynamic these days with over 50K transactions per day, whereas the figure last week had only been around 15K transactions.
More and more traders are participating in Friend.tech, making this app hotter than ever. Currently, there are a total of 94K traders on Friend.tech.
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ASCE Collaborate has updated to a new platform called Thrive. We appreciate your patience as we make the transition. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact [email protected]
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Doll in costume. Bright red polka dotted dress with blue scarf bearing white polka dots. Blue and white striped socks with black boots complete the ensemble. the doll has large blue eyes and pink-coloured rosy cheeks.
BYLOR / RUSSION Hand-written
Doll, 1981.50.1. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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The “Virtual Journey through Time,” which will be located in the exhibition area Time and Space at the Deutsches Museum Nürnberg in the future, has passed an initial test phase with flying colors. Museum employees tried out the virtual and fully interactive scavenger hunt under expert guidance – and are thrilled.
No, details are not revealed yet! Only this much: the junk of the future is the key to success in the “Virtual Time Travel”, which the Future Museum will host in the future on the third floor in the exhibition area Time and Space. “What’s special about our VR time travel is that four players are in a virtual space together – and are both fully mobile and able to interact with each other,” says lead developer Jonas Zimmer from Cologne Game Lab. Together with Fee Bonny, who scripted the adventure, and his team from TH Köln, the programmer with a master’s degree in media studies is working on an entertaining VR concept on behalf of the Deutsches Museum, in which participants must cooperate to complete their mission.
“Technically, the VR time travel is made possible by the latest generation of Oculus VR goggles, which can use cameras to determine a location within a room themselves at any time,” Zimmer explains. Unlike conventional systems, this allows the players to move freely in the virtual space. This makes the Nuremberg VR Arena a unique publicly accessible experimental field. “Of course, it’s important that the calibration is correct – otherwise the players will run into each other in the game or collide with the wall,” says Zimmer.
But this was not the case during the test run at the Deutsches Museum in Nuremberg: the interaction between the players and with the virtual environment worked surprisingly well. Gundolf Freyermuth, director of the Cologne Game Lab, is also pleased about this: “We are happy that we were able to create an experience with this interdisciplinary team that has never been seen before in a museum. In addition, the exhibit not only offers an exciting glimpse into a possible future, but also serves as a research field to investigate virtual embodiment and presence as well as shared-space cooperation in mixed realities.” The Virtual Time Travel offers a glimpse into Nuremberg in 2050 – the “Museum of the Future” is now called the “Museum of the Present,” drones animate the city, and numerous further developments of the DMN exhibits shape everyday life. “Virtual reality is an exciting technology with a lot of potential for future applications,” says exhibition organizer Andreas Gundelwein. “With a game that pushes the limits of what is technologically possible today, visitors should be able to venture a glimpse into this fascinating world of technology – and, of course, into the coming future of Nuremberg.”
That’s why the curatorial team deliberately opted for virtual journey to the flea market. Marion Grether, the director of the Future Museum, is particularly taken with the interactive potential of the journey through time: “You get an inkling of the direction in which this technology will influence entertainment media, but also future communication technology in general. To be able to be part of this pioneering work makes the whole museum team proud.”
Header: Marion Grether (2nd from left) tests the VR goggles before entering the game arena. Photo: Deutsches Museum
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High school marching bands across Southern California–from Los Angeles to Manhattan Beach–have had their tubas stolen, and their music directors think they know why. There’s a banda bandit on the loose in Los Angeles. "The band is driven by the tuba and the drummer," Bill Roper, a professional tuba player explains to the [Associated Press.](http://www.freep.com/usatoday/article/53421518?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Metro%20Detroit|s) "The tuba serves the time function and the bass function, and the rest of the band can’t exist without that."
Tubas Go Missing Near L.A., Blame the Mexican Banda Black Market
There's a banda bandit on the loose in Los Angeles.
By Jorge Rivas Apr 03, 2012
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If you're looking to get in shape, there are two things you need: motivation and a plan.
You can find out how to motivate yourself on the internet or from your friends, but what about the actual plan? How do you know what exercises will work best for your body type? How do you know what kinds of foods to eat and when? How do you know why your body hasn't responded to other things you've tried in the past? And most importantly, how do you make sure it all fits into your busy schedule?
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An elderly nursing home patient died two years after first noticing a swelling on his penis. The nursing home failed to follow up on his complaints for a full year, until a growing cancerous tumor had to be removed. Deborah J. Gander represented the estate in a case involving violations of Florida’s nursing home statute that was settled in 2006.
If you have an elderly relative residing in a nursing home, then you trust that the facility is a safe, healthy place for your loved one to live. You expect that the staff will provide the kind of medical assistance and supervision that your relative needs. Unfortunately, the reality is that there are times when nursing homes and assisted living facilities fail to provide a reasonable standard of care and endanger vulnerable residents. At Colson Hicks Eidson, we are standing by to help if you need a nursing home abuse or neglect attorney by your side.
Our team has a reputation for success in handling personal injury cases throughout the country and has handled highly-publicized cases against nursing homes. We have the resources necessary to pursue complex nursing home claims. Our attorneys work with medical experts to determine the exact nature of the conditions at nursing homes where there has been negligent care. We can help you hold the facility and/or the staff accountable for the harm and distress they caused your relative and your family.
Nursing homeowners and staff may endanger residents by violating industry regulations or failing to provide reasonable attention in virtually any aspect of care. Some of the most common examples of nursing home negligence and abuse include:
Often, elderly residents may be unable or unwilling to report poor conditions, especially if abusive staff threaten or intimidate them. Therefore, family members should remain alert for even small warning signs of negligence when visiting loved ones. These may include:
Every state sets a time frame for how long they allow victims of personal injuries to file lawsuits in order to recover compensation. These are referred to in the law as statutes of limitations. In Florida, the personal injury statute of limitations is four years from the date an injury occurs in most situations. This may seem like a long time, but the reality is that these claims can become very complicated and take time to investigate before a lawsuit can be filed.
Additionally, the nursing home abuse and neglect attorneys at Colson Hicks Eidson work with clients throughout the United States. This means that you need to be aware of your state’s personal injury statute of limitations moving forward. These statutes can often be two or three years.
Any person who fails to file a claim within their state’s respective time limit will be unable to recover any compensation they may be entitled to. If you are a family member who discovered that your loved one was a victim of abuse or neglect in a nursing home, you can contact one of our attorneys today so we can help you understand how quickly we need to get started.
If you discover that your loved one has been the victim of abuse or neglect in a nursing home, we know that your number one goal is to ensure that they get to a safe environment. However, the costs of dealing with nursing home abuse and neglect can be tremendous. There may be various types of compensation available to victims of nursing home abuse and neglect. This can include both economic and non-economic compensation, such as the following:
The total amount of compensation available in these cases will vary depending on the facts and circumstances surrounding each individual nursing home abuse or neglect case. The attorneys at Colson Hicks Eidson will work to secure maximum compensation on behalf of our clients in these situations.
If you suspect that nursing home negligence caused your loved one’s injuries or wrongful death, then contact our elder abuse lawyers today. We are known, nationwide, for our uncompromising approach to complex personal injury cases, including those involving elder neglect. We can fight to hold the liable parties and institution accountable for your loved one’s pain, both physical and emotional. Additionally, a nursing home lawsuit can effect change within a facility, protecting others from future injury.
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After going 7-9 last season, the Indianapolis Colts hold the No. 13 overall pick in the upcoming draft and with a roster featuring many holes, there are plenty of options for Chris Ballard and company to explore.
A lot of draft experts believe this draft class coming in is deep at the quarterback, wide receiver, tight end and defensive line positions. Thankfully for the Colts, they have some question marks at really all these positions.
An offer for Colts fans
So what should the Colts do at No. 13? Should they trade back and possibly acquire another draft pick, should they trade up or should they stay at 13 and take the best available player or take a position of need?
If they stay at No. 13, here are the positions they should prioritize:
In a few mock drafts, there seems to be a consensus that there will be at least two or three quarterbacks (Joe Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa, Justin Herbert) taken before Indianapolis gets on the clock at 13.
There is also the possibility a team could move up in front of the Colts to get a quarterback. With Jordan Love playing well at the Senior Bowl, it should not be surprising if a team like the Raiders, Buccaneers or Patriots could move into the top 10 to take the kid out of Utah State.
Now, if Love is available at 13, Ballard should sprint to the podium and make the selection. But with each waking day, it seems Love is moving up the draft board more and more.
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Driverless vehicles promise a future with less congestion and pollution, fewer accidents resulting from human error and better mobility for people with disabilities, supporters say.
But every now and then, one of the cars runs into trouble in a way that casts a bit of doubt on that bold vision.
So it was on Tuesday in San Francisco, where a driverless car somehow drove into a city paving project and got stuck in wet concrete.
Paul Harvey, 74, a retired contractor who lives in the city’s Western Addition neighborhood, took a photo of the car with roof-mounted sensors, tipped slightly forward, its front wheels mired in the freshly poured concrete.
“I thought it was funny,” Mr. Harvey said in an interview on Wednesday. “I was kind of pleased because it illustrated how creepy and weird the whole thing is to me.”
The incident, previously reported by SFgate.com, happened just days after California regulators agreed to expand driverless taxi services in San Francisco, despite the safety concerns of local officials and community activists.
In a 3-to-1 vote last week, the California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates self-driving cars in the state, gave Cruise and Waymo permission to offer paid rides anytime during the day, throughout the city.
Cruise, a General Motors subsidiary, had been offering taxi service in one-third of the city while Waymo, which is owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, was offering free trips to passengers.
The mishap on Tuesday involved a Cruise vehicle, according to city officials who said it was not clear how the car had ended up in concrete.
Rachel Gordon, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Department of Public Works, said that the paving project on Golden Gate Avenue had been marked off with construction cones and that there were workers with flags at each end of the block.
“That portion of the road has to be repaved, at Cruise’s expense,” Ms. Gordon said. “Fortunately, no one was injured.”
Ms. Gordon said that city officials had been “voicing concerns” about the vehicles, which have driven onto fire hoses or “just stopped in the middle of the road.” She said that the city was willing to work with the companies but that “there’s still a lot of work to do, we believe.”
A Cruise spokesman, Drew Pusateri, confirmed that one of the company’s driverless vehicles had “entered a construction area and stopped in wet concrete.”
Mr. Pusateri said the company had “recovered” the vehicle, although it was not clear if it was able to drive out of the concrete or if it had to be pulled out. He said the company was in contact with city officials about the incident.
Driverless cars have become a common sight in San Francisco, a tech hub where they are often seen on test drives, gathering data that is used to improve their autonomous technology.
Though driverless cars have not been blamed for any serious injuries or crashes in San Francisco, they have been involved in several jarring episodes.
On Friday night, as many as 10 Cruise driverless cars stopped working near a music festival in San Francisco’s North Beach, causing traffic to back up, according to The San Francisco Chronicle, which reported that the company had blamed “wireless connectivity issues.”
In January, a Cruise vehicle entered an area where firefighters were working and did not stop until a firefighter started “banging on its hood and smashing the vehicle’s window,” according to city records. In May, a driverless Waymo car blocked a fire vehicle while it was backing into a station.
Driverless-car companies have strongly defended their safety records, particularly when compared with the tens of thousands of people who die in car crashes every year in the United States.
Referring to its autonomous vehicles, Cruise said in a statement in April, “Throughout our first million driverless miles, our A.V.s were involved in fewer collisions, were the primary contributor to fewer collisions and were involved in fewer severe collisions with meaningful risk of injury than human drivers were in a comparable driving environment.”
Paul Leonardi, a professor of technology management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said it would be foolish to expect driverless cars to operate perfectly. The cars, like any new technology that relies on machine learning, need to operate in real-world conditions to improve.
“It needs to experience a diverse set of use cases so it can learn, and driving into wet concrete is one of those use cases,” Professor Leonardi said. “We might frame this as a positive that all it did was get stuck in the concrete.”
He added that when driverless cars encounter conditions like cones and wet concrete, they “can learn from it and the machines can figure out what to do better next time.”
Yiwen Lu contributed reporting.
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What don't you know about the Secret Invasion? What's the true origin of Captain Marvel, and how does it play into a looming intergalactic conflict? Mysteries answered, secrets revealed!
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"description": "Build awareness to grow your sales.",
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I just installed Fresco on my new PC running windows 11, unfortunately it doesn't open and keeps crashing. I get this notice: 'Loading documents' and after a few seconds crashes and closes. I updated everything I could on windows, even my graphics card directly from the manufacturer (Radeon) to no avail. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
[Renamed by Mod]
I've moved this from the Using the Community forum (which is the forum for issues using the forums) to the Fresco forum so that proper help can be offered.
What is the link to the Fresco Forum since this forum is not helpful or responsive?
Something like this is probably best handled by the developers, in case there's a bug with Fresco on Win 11. So I would send an email to (frescohelp at adobe dot com)
I'm still waiting for help with exactly this problem.
I tried that approach of writing directly to Fresco team and never got a reply.
I've periodically tried installing the latest releases and they all continue to crash (latest was in past several wks... July 2023) on my Win 11 Pro PC running AMD RX6800 XT (tons of RAM). I used to be able to run Fresco on my prior (2022) Win 10 Pro PC. Fresco has never been able to launch (crashes to force close) immediately since I've tried to install/use it on my Win 11 device with processor noted in prev. sentence. Very disappointing. I pay for full CC subscription and have wanted to learn Fresco.
We are sorry to hear that the suggestions provided did not help resolve the problem. It looks like we need to troubleshoot this in a live session. Please head here (https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?rghtup=autoOpen) and select the chat button in the lower-right corner of the page. We can help troubleshoot faster that way.
I have this exact problem! Same OS and graphics card too. Have you gotten any help from staff?
How much RAM and available SSD space do you have?
Sorry to hear about this experience and for the late response. I hope the problem is resolved by now. If not, kindly try running Fresco under a different administrator account (Windows) or the root user account (macOS) and share your observations.
Looking forward to your response.
Note: Marking correct for visibility.
Why do you keep suggesting running Illustrator differently when it is Fresco that crashes?
I can't get Fresco to launch at all on Win 11 and all my other Adobe apps run fine on my desktop PC system. Fresco 4.0.0 & 3.9.0 crash every time & will not open. That seems to be a Fresco code issue since there are reports about that bhvr (in various Win OS gens) online for over 2 yrs and no fixes posted anywhere. Plus, the posters write back in saying they aren't getting the issues resolved or answered.
Has Adobe abandoned Fresco as a product?
Sorry for the super late reply lol.
Illustrator works fine, it's Fresco I'm having problems with. I am on my administrator account so there's nothing to really change. It still opens, shows that it's "loading documents", then crashes.
@DaveJCummingsI have 16gb of RAM and 44.3GB available on my SSD
Someone named Anubhav (Adobe? ) keeps saying to do something with Illustrator, even though many of us (is it solely a bad Windows code issue...) can't get Fresco to launch or operate.
Sorry for the confusion. I meant to say Fresco in the earlier post. Would you mind trying creating a new admin account for Windows or the root user account (macOS) and checking if the issue persists on the other account as well?
Looking forward to your response.
I am not sure how to do this and what impact it might have on the workings of my PC. How do I eliminate something like that once it's set up. Do I run into issues of numbers of "seats" using CC if I do that? My signif other also has access to my computer... though is not a CC apps user. I think they might have tried something like this with some much earlier rel. of Ps & and earlier Win PC and it didn't help at all.
Kindly try these steps to create a new administrator account for Windows: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-a-local-user-or-administrator-account-in-windows-... and check if it helps.
Also, kindly check if all of your work is synced online (https://assets.adobe.com/cloud-documents). If yes, please try resetting Fresco (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/repair-apps-and-programs-in-windows-e90eefe4-d0a2-7c1b-d...) and share your observations.
I'm just home so haven't tried the new admin acct test yet.
I see that my past files from Fresco are sync'd at the link you provided above.
I've uninstalled & reinstalled Fresco (both 4.0.0 & 3.9.0 a few times already since Adobe MAX to see if that helped - both con't to crash immediately on launch attempts - it's not like the program opens & then crashes when I try to do anything...I can't even get to the UI). At present Fresco is uninstalled from my Win 11 desktop PC b/c I figured why consume storage space if the darn program isn't working as it should & just crashes.
My follow-up question to you is - If Fresco is already uninstalled & nothing shows up in my Programs Files list under Adobe in my Control Panel then I can't do a reset, right? Wouldn't my multiple uninstalls and reinstall processes (that I did to be sure it wasn't a bad download one time...) have reset Fresco during uninstall/reinstall if it was an issue on my desktop Win 11 PC vs a programming code issue from the Adobe side of the equation?
Would one of the lead Adobe devs - who has Fresco installer code they know for sure launches okay on Win 11 desktops - have a link to that working code they can send me (ie, allowing me to bypass grabbing an installer the usual way via CC) to see if it's the publicly downloadable Win installer that's the issue? I do beta testing of some Adobe plugins - and that has happened in the past (ie, bad code got posted to the public Downloads pg for that other software that had to be replaced with a better installer...).
One other thought ... (also sparked by previous situations w/that plugin s/w testing) I install my CC apps to my F: drive on my PC (for a number of reasons so won't attempt moving them and messing any programs up). It works perfectly fine for all the other Adobe apps I'm running. But, if Fresco comes from elsewhere, I don't know what programming 'baggage' it brings with it (though I had Fresco working several gens ago on an older PC). Could the installer somehow not be finding the 'hooks' (or whatever the correct tech term is) it needs to boot on my system if it's coming from a drive other than the C: drive? I don't want to mess with changing my default Adobe install drive from F:
Will not work
We understand how frustrating it can be to experience crashes. Would you mind confirming whether you're using Fresco on an iPad/iPhone or a Windows computer?
If you're on an iPad/iPhone, kindly check if all of your work is synced online (https://assets.adobe.com/cloud-documents). If yes, kindly try deleting Fresco, restarting your device, and then reinstalling the app to check if it helps. Also, check if the OS installed is up to date (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204204).
If the issue persists, kindly share the crash report so that we can investigate this further:
If you're on Windows, kindly share the logs by following the steps shared in this help article (https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-log-collector.html), so we can check it with the team. Also, try installing Fresco v4.0 using this link and checking if it helps: https://ccmdls.adobe.com/AdobeESD/FRSC/4.0.0/win64/65329b20-2fb0-4131-a587-6df11b7f46e4/Adobe_Fresco...
Note: The link is only valid for the next 24 hours.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Good to know!
I've found when there are issues of Adobe products not working the typical company stance in reply is - there's something wrong with your system. Versus them fixing the faulty code - it's been true of "issues" (aka, bugs) with other products in the product line too. If there's a way for them to generate revs my sense is they're more than conscientious about that, but not so with the tech spt fixes for broken code ....
wait huge developement!! i just now saw theres a fresco update so i downloaded it and it worked! 😮 does it fix your problem too?
I got excited when I saw your note. But all I see listed on the CC site is 4.0.0 as the latest release. I'd tried that and 3.9.0 - neither worked for me. I was hoping there was a 4.0.1 that fixed the issues...
What system are you working on (Apple, Win) & what GPU/CPU?
I just re-downloaded Fresco 4.0.0 (4th time...). Tried to launch it. It immediately crashed again - snip of Error Msg attached. Interestingly, when I went to my Control Panel's Programs List Adobe Fresco doesn't show up. After a search on my PC I found a listing for Fresco & tried a Repair - that didn't help either. Still crashes. Every other Adobe product I own is in my Programs List okay. And, I downloaded/installed a non-Adobe program today - it shows up just fine in the programs list and launches as it should too. Well, that's weird - something is really wrong with the Adobe code.
dang yea I updated it to the 4.0.0 version.
Im on Windows 11 with an AMD Ryzen 7 3700x processor and an AMD Radeon RX 5500 gpu
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Hi Pete, just to let you know I've seen the picture (I'll have a look into why you weren't able to upload one here) and I am seeking some clarification on this for you. I'm waiting to hear back on some more details about the PLI also.
Hope you're well!
Here are some recent posts you might be interested in 😊
⭐ Are you based in London/Essex/Suffolk? Join the trade network thread for that area here >>
➡ Have you considered financing options for your customers? >>
➡Tools & products reviews and recommendations by CAT members >>
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Many navigation and download features are built into the completed reports when viewed in the SPOTLIGHT Canada interface. Learn about all these helpful features and how they can elevate your SPOTLIGHT experience in this article.
There are four sections to this article:
When you have set up your reports and they have finished running, we encourage you to download and save them.
There are a few ways to navigate to the Results page to view your completed reports:
1. Through links provided in the email sent to the address associated with the account.
2. In SPOTLIGHT, click on the Results link found at the top of any page.
Note: When reports have been completed, they will be accompanied by an icon appended to Results, as shown above. Only unopened reports will be counted.
3. In SPOTLIGHT, on the View Results page, click the Results icon in the middle. You can only access this page when setting up a report.
Report names and details shown in bold text on the results page are new and have not yet been viewed. Click the name of the report to open it. If the report has this icon in the left column , it has not yet finished processing and will not open until complete.
There are a couple of essential features on the results page worth noting: deleting and renaming reports.
1. Deleting reports: once you have downloaded and finished with your reports, it may be helpful to periodically delete reports to keep the page clean and make navigation easier.
You can delete multiple reports by clicking on the checkmark for each and then clicking on the gear icon at the top of the page. To select all your completed reports, click on the topmost checkmark found in the table header.
2. Renaming reports: You can do so on the results page if you missed naming your report during the setup process. Click on the gear icon to the right of the report to bring up the menu with the rename option.
1. On the results page, open a report by clicking on its name or clicking on the gear icon to the right to open the menu containing the Open Dashboard option.
2. Once a report is open, use the keyboard shortcuts to navigate through your report quickly. Use the left and right arrows to turn the pages. Use the up and down arrows to switch between multiple trade areas if you used them in the report.
3. Another option to explore your report is found in the side panel. Click on the arrow or pushpin on the left of the report. The pushpin option allows you to view both the side panel and the report page without any overlay.
4. In the Navigation section, switch between trade areas in the Select an Area dropdown menu. Also, navigate to a specific page by clicking it on the list.
5. Another helpful feature in the side panel is presentation mode. Presentation mode removes the SPOTLIGHT banner at the top of the page and the side panel for a full-page view.
Turn on presentation mode by clicking on the play icon at the bottom of the side panel window . Turn it off by hitting the Esc key on your keyboard.
1. In an open report, click on the side panel icon to view the Download Data section.
2. Click Download Data to view all available options.
- Batch Reports: outputs are formatted reports, one per data slice (available output formats include PDF and XLSX)
- Side-by-Side: outputs a single formatted report with each data slice side-by-side (available output formats include PDF and XLSX)
- Long File: outputs as an unformatted table with each data slice stacked one below the other (available output formats include XLSX, CSV, and ACCDB)
Note: Not all reports support all three download options. Reports containing images, icons, and graphs can only be downloaded as batch reports. Tabular reports will be able to download as either side-by-side or long file, or both.
3. Choose your download option and click Create to process your file.
4. There are several file customization options for each file type. Find these options in the dropdown arrow located next to the Create icon.
PDF Options: the following settings can be adjusted for PDFs
- Document Size: allows you to change the page size of the output PDF
- Orientation: this enables you to change the orientation of the output PDF pages. If this is set to the default, Automatic, the pages will adjust to fit the report pages best.
- Margins: allows you to adjust the size of the margins
- Zoom: allows you to increase the size of the contents on the page. It is recommended to keep the zoom level to 100%.
- Merge Documents: combines all reports into a single PDF if you used multiple trade areas. Keeping this off will provide a separate PDF for each trade area.
- Title Page: will add a title page to the PDF output
- Table of Contents: will add a table of contents to the PDF output
Data Export Options: this applies to XLSX, CSV, and ACCDB files.
Here you can select which data fields you want to be exported. To remove any fields from the download, click the on/off switch to off. Once the desired fields are selected, click OK at the bottom of the window.
7. Once any customizations are applied, then click Create to process your file.
A message prompt will flash in the bottom-right corner of your screen, confirming that the report is processing. Another message prompt will appear once the files are ready for download. Click the download button.
If you miss the message prompt to download your report, navigate the Results page. You will find an icon specific to the file type chosen in the Type column for your report. Click the icon to open the file.
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I’ve got a journey planned soon and I’m still scratching my head about how the inbound/outbound section works. I live in England and will be travelling to London to catch the euro. I need to swap stations in London. Is it ok to have both trains listed on my app (Hometown-Euston & St Pancras-Paris) or am I best using the planner to find the route that goes from Hometown to Paris, showing a change?
Also, on the return journey we are having to stay a night in London due to missing the last train to my hometown. Am I right in saying I won’t be able to use my pass the following day as I’ve already used the inbound ticket to get to London?
Hope all that makes sense
Best answer by rvdborgtView original
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I’m using the most recent version of Ubuntu through WSL2 on Windows 11. I have Docker Desktop installed on Windows.
I’ve been working through the server set up, adding the alteration of mirroring the database only. I can build the database, but when I try running
sudo docker-compose run --rm musicbrainz createdb.sh - fetch
I get one of two errors.
Either I get “Cannot initiate PASV transfer” or it manages to get through and download mbdump.tar.bz2 before stopping, but not exiting–nothing seems to be running, but it doesn’t allow me to add a new command without ending that process.
For the first error, I’ve tried a number of workarounds, but I can’t reliably reproduce the problem. When I repeatedly run the database build command, sometimes it fails after trying to retrieve “latest” (the first ftp connection), and sometimes it fails after trying to retrieve “MD5SUMS.” If it manages to get pass those two, it starts downloading mbdump.tar.bz2, but then runs into my second error.
This setup is not supported. As explained in the section “Required software”, a virtual machine should be used instead. See also [MBVM-53] Document running MusicBrainz Docker Compose project on Windows host - MetaBrainz JIRA.
I was under the impression that it would be able to work, as WSL2 is a virtual machine running Linux.
I’ll try setting up something different, then.
I finally got the server set up (decided to skip the database only for now), and I wanted to provide an update in case anyone else tries this.
WSL2 does work in conjunction with Docker Desktop to set up this server. The problem seems to be a WSL2 specific issue regarding ports. I don’t have enough technical knowledge to be able to fully avoid the issue, but trying to create the db multiple times eventually let me get through.
The second problem of not running after the download is just me not being patient enough to let the program run; it needs a much longer time than I had anticipated to get everything done.
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National wage case means cut to service provision
June 30, 2020
On 19 June 2020, the Fair Work Commission handed down their annual wage review decision. The Commission decision is that minimum wages in modern awards will be increased by 1.75% from the start of the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2020 for Group 1 Awards (SHCADS is a Group 1 Award).
While community organisations are only too happy to increase staff pay, there is no doubt that, without funding to cover it, the decision will put added pressure on community sector budgets. Especially since the rate of indexation for NSW funded programs did not cover the previous annual wage review.
Community Industry Group has written to the NSW Treasurer and to the Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services requesting an immediate increase in funding for all NSW government funded community services to enable them to pay the increase and continue to deliver services to their client groups.
We encourage you to do the same.
Below are some template letters for you to put on letterhead and email to the Treasurer and Minister. Feel free to use the text as is, or to personalise it by telling the NSW government about the impact of yet another pressure on your organisational budget.
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Concierge Unique: Redefining Luxury Lifestyle Concierge Services
Concierge Unique is a leading luxury lifestyle concierge service provider that specializes in providing bespoke services to high net worth individuals, corporate executives, and celebrities. With a team of seasoned professionals with over a decade of experience, Concierge Unique has carved a niche for itself in the luxury lifestyle industry.
The goal of Concierge Unique is to redefine luxury lifestyle concierge services by offering personalized, high-quality services to its clients. The company believes that no two clients are the same, and as such, it offers bespoke services tailored to meet the unique needs of each client.
At Concierge Unique, the client is the priority, and the company goes above and beyond to ensure that its clients are satisfied with the services rendered. From private jet charters, luxury travel arrangements, and bespoke event planning to property management, lifestyle management, and security services, Concierge Unique offers an extensive range of services to its clients.
The company’s team of professionals is well-trained and experienced in providing exceptional services to clients. They are knowledgeable about the luxury lifestyle industry and are always on the lookout for the latest trends and innovations in the industry to provide their clients with the best possible service.
Concierge Unique’s services are available 24/7, and the company prides itself on its quick response time. Whether it’s a last-minute travel arrangement or an emergency situation, the company is always available to assist its clients.
In conclusion, Concierge Unique is a luxury lifestyle concierge service provider that is dedicated to providing personalized, high-quality services to its clients. With its team of seasoned professionals and commitment to excellence, Concierge Unique is redefining luxury lifestyle concierge services. To learn more about their services, visit their website or contact their team today.
Let Us Handle the Details: Lifestyle Concierge for Busy Professionals
Personal & Lifestyle Concierge is a very personal service designed to help you balance your schedule in your personal, family and professional life; meaning a service that supports you in all areas required to manage your lifestyle, which will give you the time back to spend on the things you enjoy.
This service has been extremely popular for several years now, where you do not need to be a CEO of a successful business or a royalty to gain access to exclusive services and offerings. In most cases in Mykonos, Personal & Lifestyle Concierge is used by busy people, who have busy lives and can see a value in the services that are available through a Personal & Lifestyle Concierge.
Experience the ultimate in luxury and leisure with our lifestyle concierge service in Mykonos Island. The island is known for its vibrant nightlife, luxury resorts, and picturesque beaches, and our concierge service will help you make the most of your stay.
Our team of experts can assist you with a wide range of services, including:
Luxury Villa Rentals
Private yacht charters
VIP table reservations at top nightclubs and restaurants
Personal shopping and styling services
Spa and wellness treatments
Customized island tours and excursions
Leave the planning to us and focus on enjoying the best that Mykonos has to offer. Whether you’re looking for a romantic getaway, a fun-filled vacation with friends, or a family holiday, our lifestyle concierge service will ensure that your trip is truly unforgettable.
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Our Code of Conduct
- We are a company that, through our Total Quality management model, seeks the satisfaction of five components: “The Boss”, as we internally call the client, the Employee, the Supplier, the Company and the Capital. For this, it is our priority to communicate clearly what are the principles that guide us in our way of acting. With this objective, we have prepared a Code of Conduct whose mission is to ensure compliance with our values and the Law:
We must all comply with the laws and regulations that regulate the Company's activity in each country.
Integrity and responsibility
Maintaining a relationship of honesty and trust with the “Bosses”, Workers, Suppliers and Society is essential to fulfill our Mission. We want to transmit and demand from all the components to which this Code is applicable a loyal, diligent, efficient behavior and action focused on the satisfaction of the five components.
The “pride of belonging” in Mercadona must be a constant that presides over the actions of each and every one of us who make up Mercadona and that serves as a guide for the fulfillment of the Mission, feeling that we are an integral part of Mercadona.
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All OGF35 and HPDC’12 attendees can download for free mobile conference program. OGF35 is co-located with the HPDC 2012 conference (June 18-22) in Delft, Netherlands. All OGF working groups are encouraged to meet at OGF 35 and to participate actively in the co-located workshops and conference events.
Download Conference4me here and select “HPDC’12 (incl. OGF35)” conference from available congresses list.
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Traditionally pine nuts were used to cure intestinal and stomach problems. Besides curing intestinal and stomach problems, pine nut has its advantages and disadvantages. They include the following.
The Pros of Pine Nuts
Pine nuts have a high concentration of antioxidants. According to studies, pine nuts contain antioxidants believed to get rid of all free radicals in the body. Antioxidants prevent oxidation from taking place and free radicals from freely moving about which would otherwise cause damage to body cells and arteries.
2. Reduces Bad Cholesterol In The Body
According to studies it was discovered that pine nuts have the ability to reduce LDL levels in the body. Low-density lipoprotein or LDL which is also referred as bad cholesterol exposes one to cardiovascular diseases and other health complication. The pinolenic acid found in pine nuts when concentrated lowers the levels of LDL in the body as it stimulates the liver to burn more LDL which consequently reduced cholesterol levels.
Besides being good for the heart due to their high levels of mono-saturated fats, pine nuts also contain oleic acid. The high amounts of oleic acid found in the nuts assist the liver in getting rid of harmful toxins form the body.
3. Suppresses Appetite
Pine nut when consumed, they suppresses appetite hence it is good for those watching their diets. because it increases the levels of the so-called satiety hormones it reduces the overall intake of food as the body is made to believe that it is satisfied and full.
4. Used In Oil Production
Pine nuts are extracted to produce pine oil which is well known for its mild and nutty flavor. In southwest America, pine nuts are used to make pinon which is a very special flavor of coffee. Pine nuts are also regularly used in vegetarian, meat and fish dishes as a dietary fiber.
The Cons of Pine Nuts
1. Might Cause Allergies
Individual who are allergic to peanuts or the nuts family in general can get an allergic reaction from pine nuts as well. It causes itchiness, rashes, hives, watery eyes, running nose, dizziness, vomiting and abdominal pains if ingested or gotten in contact with. Therefore it is recommended for one to check with their doctor first before using anything related to pine nuts.
2. Bitter Taste
Some individuals have said to have been left with a bitter taste in their mouths after consuming pine nuts. This symptom can go away after a while but it can also last for hours.
Natalie Regoli is a child of God, devoted wife, and mother of two boys. She has a Master's Degree in Law from The University of Texas. Natalie has been published in several national journals and has been practicing law for 18 years.
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These fifteen simple tips will help you memorize the parts of the Bible that matter to you the most.
#1 Choose a verse you may already know
Memorizing Scripture is a wonderful way to keep the Word of God close to you. Psalm 119:11 says, “I have stored up Your word in my heart, that I might not sin against You.” It is a good habit to keep reading the Word consistently, but memorizing can help you to better remember God’s promises in good or bad times.
An excellent place to start would be to memorize a verse you may already know, or find a verse that you already know a certain phrase from. This is an easy way to start since you may have a verse mostly memorized; simply go to the reference and memorize the full verse so you have the full Word of God at the ready.
#2 Use the right translation and stick with it
Some translations are harder to memorize than others; some may be paraphrased and not a full translation. Your choice of translation will also have to do with personal preference. You might try memorizing Scripture from the translation your pastor or church uses.
In order to help you keep memorizing Scripture, choose one translation and stick with it. You can and should read from a variety of translations to uncover the richness of the text, but memorizing from only one translation can greatly help you.
#3 Start small, then work in stages
Don’t assume that you can memorize an entire book of the Bible in one go. Choose one chapter or a short psalm. If that’s too difficult at first, start with just one verse (John 3:16 is an excellent starting place).
Once you have a few individual verses memorized, expand to slightly longer passages – no more than a few verses at a time. Keep going and growing until you can remember longer passages on command.
#4 Pray through scripture
An excellent way to help you memorize Scripture is simply to pray it. By praying Scripture, we mean taking a passage of Scripture and incorporate that language into your prayers. This practice is further outlined in Donald Whitney’s book Praying the Bible.
Start with a short psalm, and use each verse as a guide for your thoughts and petitions as you pray. Expand on what is written, and apply it to your unique circumstances or the state of your heart. As you continue in this practice, familiar passages will return to your memory as you pray them over and over.
#5 Use the reference
Memorizing Scripture is always a good idea; it’s an even better idea to know where it comes from. Even if you only memorize a short passage, memorize the book, chapter, and verse along with it. This will help you return to the full passage and read over it to understand the context. You can also direct others to this verse and help them with their own memorization of Scripture.
#6 Write it down
There are many different methods of learning and an equally infinite number of techniques for memorizing information. You can apply many of these techniques to memorize the Bible.
There is an abundance of Bible journals available, with open space on each page for you to jot down notes or capture thoughts that stand out to you. Or you can simply get a pen and paper, and copy a passage word for word. You’d be surprised how writing a verse down – not just typing, but writing – can help you remember the Bible later.
#7 Listen as well as read
Audio Bibles are another good memorization tool. As with our earlier note, if you are listening to help you commit it to memory you should choose the proper translation. But sometimes, hearing Scripture read aloud is a better way to memorize it.
You can find free online audio Bibles, or you can even record yourself and play it back later.
#8 Say it out loud
If you can find some time alone, speaking Scripture out loud is an excellent memorization technique. Read the words on the page out loud, and repeat it several times. If you are attempting to memorize a longer passage, take it verse by verse and only add another verse when you can successfully repeat the current one out loud a few times without looking at it. Before long, you can memorize whole chapters at a time.
#9 Keep it in front of you at all times
Psalm 1:2 says, “But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.” If you want to keep the Bible fresh in your memory and continually add to what you have memorized, remain faithful in reading it daily. Whether it’s morning or evening, an hour or only five minutes, make time in your day to pick up the Bible and read it, setting aside some of that time to committing the Bible to memory.
#10 Use music, mnemonics, or another memory aid
There are lots of other memory aids that can help you store up Scripture in your heart.
Listening to Christian music is a good way to start memorizing the Bible. Christian songs by definition have their roots in the Bible, and many will quote Scripture word for word in their lyrics. It’s important to search for the chapter-and-verse passage when you find a song you want to commit to memory so that you can go back to the actual verse to memorize; but your favorite song can become your favorite Bible verse.
You can also use mnemonics or another memory aid. Assigning the first word of each verse with another correlating word, turning a passage into its own song, or using rhythmic pronunciation can help as well. If that doesn’t work, feel free to experiment and come up with your own method of committing verses to memory.
#11 Study a given passage in great detail
If you’re up for some additional reading and want to memorize a longer passage at once, you can study up on it. Find a trusted Bible commentary and dig into the deeper meanings behind the original languages; or explore the characters depicted in the passage. For example, memorizing the words of Jesus can be easier if you have a better understanding of the rest of His nature and teachings.
Couple this with other the other memory techniques described above, and you can have a richer appreciation for the Bible and a more valuable treasured memory.
#12 Try another language
If your native language is not English, simply choose another translation. Scholars, publishers, and mission groups have translated the Bible into hundreds of languages for this very purpose. If you find that you comprehend material better when it is in your chosen language, start with that translation of Scripture.
This tip also has wonderful applications if you are about to enter the mission field. Most shorter mission trips will work with a translator, but it can be more meaningful with those you are ministering to if you can repeat certain key verses in their native language. If you are prepared to commit to a more permanent mission field, choose their translation and learn the Bible as you learn their language to be a more effective gospel witness.
#13 Focus on what you are already learning in church
Consider paying closer attention to what your pastor preaches on Sundays, or what your small group covers during the week. It can be very easy to listen to a sermon and even take notes, then completely forget everything come Monday morning.
Many pastors will craft a sermon series that unpack an extended passage or book of the Bible over several weeks or months. You may not have to memorize an entire book of the Bible all at once, but you can pull out the verses used as the key points of the lesson and memorize them each week.
#14 Work with a partner
Ecclesiastes 4:12 says, “And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him – a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
Use your accountability partner or a trusted friend as a guide and partner in memorizing Scripture. Agree on a passage to memorize, work on it separately, then check in with each other to see how the other is doing and hold them accountable. You can encourage each other to keep pressing on, and it can be comforting to know that you are both saving up Scripture together.
#15 Practice, practice, practice – keep at it!
If at first you don’t succeed, don’t set the Bible back on the shelf and leave it there forever. Keep at it: memorizing Scripture will take time and repetition. Even with a photographic memory, it will still take time to successfully memorize anything, and the Bible is no exception.
If you have memorized one verse one week, make it two verses next week. If you memorize part of a chapter, consider adding the rest of the chapter to it. Be patient with yourself, but put forth your best effort.
And through it all, remember that it is the precious Word of God, and is worthy of our time and attention.
Here are some additional unique ways to memorize scripture.
5 Simple Tools to Memorize Scripture
The Easiest Way to Memorize Scripture
Natalie Regoli is a child of God, devoted wife, and mother of two boys. She has a Master's Degree in Law from The University of Texas. Natalie has been published in several national journals and has been practicing law for 18 years.
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You are reading our blog series: Aegir5 Roadmapping
In our previous post, we talked about our recent client work building a Kubernetes-based system for hosting web applications. We’ve defined a general framework to support our development and production hosting workflows, and recognized this as a solid basis for an alternate backend to plug in to the existing Aegir5 front-end. Today we’ll take a look at the Drupal architecture underlying that front-end.
In Aegir5, the building blocks consist of Task and Operation entities. Tasks represent relatively low-level reusable functionality. For example, we might have a Task for the Ansible back-end that is responsible for writing an Nginx vhost. We might then bundle that Task, along with others, in order to compose an “Install Drupal” Operation. Since the need to write a vhost is pretty common for web applications, that same Task might also be bundled into an “Install Joomla” Operation.
Operations represent the actions that a user might want to trigger. Operations are configured to contain one or more Tasks. Each Task is a standalone fieldable entity. As a result each Task is responsible for gathering whatever data it needs to run its back-end tasks. The Operation includes these Tasks as inline entities.
When we trigger an Operation, we are presented with a form that includes all the fields from the various Tasks associated with that Operation. These values, across all of the related Tasks, are marshalled and sent to the back-end.
Logs are kept at the Operation level and so the output from the back-end gets piped back into a field on the Operation. In addition to the terminal output from the back-end, we also include the return code of the operation, so that we can record whether it succeeded or not.
Another type of task is what we call an “action” task. These do not get bundled
into Operations, but rather happen within a given page request. For example,
instead of explicitly triggering a “password reset” task, as we do in Aegir 3,
we can have a task dispatched when we click a “Log into site” button. This task
drush uli (via the Celery task queue), and relays the result directly
back to the front-end, almost immediately. This can in turn redirect us
directly to that URL. The result is that we are logged into the site without
having to wait for a fully logged Operation to run.
In the same way that Operations are made up of Tasks via inline entities, other entities such as Sites and Platforms are themselves made up of Operations embedded as inline entities. When we create a Platform entity, we instantiate all of its Operations and related Tasks. Among other things, this allows us to reuse Tasks between Operations.
For example, when, taking a backup, we will want to record the file path to the tarball. This data then becomes available to the restore task that may come later.
This case also illustrates the need for the back-end to be able to write
data to the front-end. This is another function of
relayd in the queue
architecture. (see the upcoming post on this for more details). In addition to
writing logs to Operation entities, it can write data to any field within any
entity on the front-end.
The sequence diagram below illustrates the flow from an Operation being triggered to run, through placing a task on the queue, running the backend executor (currently Ansible, soon Kubernetes), and getting feedback returned to the frontend.
This architecture largely mirrors how Aegir 3 works. However, it provides a more flexible, robust and scalable solution. In our next post, we’ll take a look at the higher-level UI architecture we plan to implement to represent the key components in our Kubernetes hosting framework: Clusters, Projects, Releases, and Environments.
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Bias and apparent bias is a subject that has cropped up many times on this blog, whether it was an adjudicator “phoning a friend“, an arbitrator (allegedly) being appointed too many times by the same referring party (although that isn’t one of mine!) or a judge getting upset over his lost luggage (who wouldn’t be?).
It seems anyone involved in court or tribunal work is vulnerable to an accusation of it. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that I’m commenting on another example of behaviour that gives rises to the charge.
Bubbles & Wine Ltd v Reshat Lusha
Bubbles & Wine v Lusha started out as a building dispute, with Mr Lusha claiming just under £24,000 from B&W for works at its premises in Moxton Street, London. B&W counterclaimed for delay and defects. Sound familiar?
The matter came before Deputy District Judge Wallis in the Central London County Court for a one-day trial in February 2015. Although the court managed to get through all the evidence, because they were still in court at 6 pm, it was decided that closing submissions would be dealt with in writing. It is what took place next that led to the judge being invited to recuse himself (which he didn’t) and then, eventually to a hearing before the Court of Appeal.
After counsel had agreed to put in written closing submissions, the judge asked Mr Lusha’s counsel, Mr Varma, if he could have a chat about a personal matter. It seems the judge’s daughter had spent time at the chambers of Mr Varma as part of a mini-pupillage and the judge wanted to thank him for the hospitality she was shown.
If the conversation had stopped there, that would have been the end of it (B&W’s counsel, Mr Modha, knew of the mini-pupillage as it had already been disclosed). However, the judge went further, and made some comments about the evidence, which he asked Mr Varma to pass on to Mr Modha (which he did). The following morning the judge also contacted Mr Modha. However, there was a discrepancy in what was said:
- Mr Varma had told Mr Modha that he’d been told that the counterclaim seemed weak and B&W’s case had evidential gaps.
- The judge referred only to the counterclaim’s lack of evidence.
Mr Modha raised the discrepancy with the judge, who assured him that his recollection was as he had already described.
However, the matter was clearly playing on the judge’s mind because the next day he wrote to both counsel saying that he did not feel that the court’s impartiality had been compromised but, if the parties felt differently, he feared he would have to “grasp the nettle” and recuse himself. Mr Lusha was happy for the judge to continue (Mr Varma described it as innocuous), but B&W asked the judge to recuse himself as the private conversation had “trespassed into comment on the ongoing case”, which was inappropriate. At this point, the judge refused, saying he would give his reasons when delivering judgment, which he did (incidentally, he found in Mr Lusha’s favour).
B&W appealed unsuccessfully to a circuit judge on the basis of actual or apparent bias. When the matter came before the Court of Appeal, it was based solely on apparent bias.
Leggatt LJ reminded us that the modern approach to apparent bias is to ask whether the circumstances of the case would lead a fair-minded and informed observer to conclude that there was a real possibility that the judge was biased (Porter v Magill). Although he concluded there wasn’t apparent bias in this case, it is how he reached that decision that is interesting, especially his comments about the judge’s conduct. They are a reminder to us all that when we handle cases (whether as judges, arbitrators or adjudicators), we need to be:
“… scrupulous not merely to refrain from conduct which will result in [our] recusal but to avoid creating a situation in which concerns about [our] impartiality can reasonably be raised at all.”
This is because cases involve:
“… not just the hypothetical fair-minded observer who has ascertained all the relevant facts but actual litigants who cannot be blamed for lacking objectivity and who will only know the relevant facts if the judge behaves in a transparent way.”
Mistakes the judge made
Leggatt LJ said the judge had made a number of mistakes and it is worth setting them out, if only to illustrate how not to do things going forward (a point Leggatt LJ makes). I don’t really think I need to comment and will let Leggatt LJ’s words speak for themselves.
Firstly, the judge requested a private conversation with Mr Varma in the absence of Mr Modha while the case was continuing:
“It is difficult to think of circumstances in which this would be an appropriate thing to do. It risks fostering an impression of favouritism towards one party’s advocate. It also encourages suspicion in the other party.”
Even worse, the judge did not confine the conversation to personal matters. He expressed views about the merits of the parties’ respective cases:
“… the other party is put at the disadvantage of not having actually heard what was said and being reliant on a second-hand account. It was all the more unfortunate that the trial judge in this case expressed opinions on the merits to counsel for Mr Lusha in the absence of B&W’s counsel when the main comment that he made was to express an unfavourable view of the strength of B&W’s case.”
The judge’s reasons for his conduct were “to put it bluntly – absurd”, since there was no urgency. “Equally unimpressive” was the reason given for why the issue was not raised at the end of the hearing, with both counsel present. The judge said he did not wish Mr Faure (a director of B&W) who was also present to think he had already made his mind up. Leggatt LJ described this approach as “misguided”:
“If a judge has concerns which he or she thinks it desirable to express in order to give counsel an opportunity to deal with them, then the parties, and not just their lawyers, are entitled to know those concerns. There is no space in a trial for communications to take place between the judge and counsel which form part of the decision-making process but of which the parties themselves are not told.”
In fact, later in the judgment Leggatt LJ suggests that it may be proper for a judge to express preliminary views about the strength or weaknesses of a party’s case provided it is in open court, as it can assist counsel to concentrate “on those points which appear to be influencing the judge’s thinking”. Even then though, the judge has to be careful not to give the impression that a final decision has been reached before all the evidence and arguments have been heard.
The judge’s “self-created difficulties” got worse when he gave the impression that he would recuse himself if one party requested it, then refused to do so when asked by B&W to do so:
“It was bound to create a sense of grievance to open the door for a re-trial in that way, only for it then to be shut again in the litigant’s face.”
Leggatt LJ explained why he had set out his criticisms of the judge in such detail, in part to allow lessons to be learnt when errors in case handling are made.
From now on, I for one will be considering very carefully what I say and to whom. As the saying goes, silence is golden!
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The Superiority of Coofandy's Cotton Linen Collection
Experience the epitome of comfort and style with Coofandy, the premier brand for Men's Cotton Linen attire. Established in 2015, our label dedicates itself to crafting modern essentials for men, carefully selected for every occasion - from business attire to casual weekend outfits and even debonair tuxedos for soirées. Each piece from our line furnishes a striking addition to your daily wear, transforming your wardrobe into a comprehensive solution addressing all your fashion needs.
Are you seeking an upgrade to your summer wardrobe? Explore boundless opportunities from our Men’s Cotton Linen collection. Light, airy, and incredibly elegant, our Cotton Linen series is the perfect solution for those scorching hot days when maintaining a cool visage and comfort is vital to you. Peruse our extensive range of meticulously crafted shirts, trousers, and entire suits that fuse comfort and style effortlessly.
Immerse yourself in an uncomplicated shopping experience at Coofandy. Our user-friendly online platform makes sourcing precisely what you require as simple as a breeze. And the icing on the cake? For any order exceeding $49, we offer swift, complimentary delivery straight to your doorstep. Even for items labeled 'US Only,' enjoy zero-cost shipping on any purchase!
Further, at Coofandy, we champion risk-free shopping. As such, we provide free returns within 30 days. So, if something doesn't meet your expectations, be rest assured with the knowledge of it having a trouble-free return process.
Aligning with Coofandy signifies more than just enhancing your daily wear; it means joining a cause tasked with giving back whenever possible. Shopping with us goes beyond merely acquiring new attire—it's a step towards sustainable fashion and a positive societal impact.
Invest in the Men's Cotton Linen Collection Online at Coofandy today. Experience the exceptional distinction that comes from choosing the cream of the crop in the world of Men's Cotton Linen brands—one that marries comfort and chic effortlessly. Welcome to Coofandy, where style meets convenience like never before!
Coofandy's men's linen shirts are ideal for looking polished yet relaxed. Linen shirts are breezy, helping you stay cool under pressure. Coofandy offers linen shirts in both solids and patterns, with fine details like crisp button-down collars. Linen shirts pair well with both shorts and pants, and a blazer elevates the look for professional settings.
For men, finding pants that balance comfort and style can be challenging, especially in warmer weather. Enter Coofandy's lightweight yet tailored cotton linen pants. From straight-leg cuts to joggers, their pants provide an adjustable, customized fit. The breathable cotton linen fabric keeps you fresh all day while looking refined. For a casual outfit, pair the linen pants with a t-shirt and sneakers. For a night out, pair them with a linen shirt and loafers.
In sweltering temperatures, linen shorts are a necessity. Coofandy's men's linen shorts come in various lengths to suit your needs. Like their pants and shirts, the linen shorts come in both solids and patterns, providing options for any style. Linen shorts are ideal for leisurely summer afternoons but polished enough for an evening stroll.
Coofandy's cotton linen collection offers high-quality, comfortable and versatile pieces essential for any stylish man's wardrobe. Focusing on natural, breathable fabrics and tailored cuts, Coofandy creates clothing suited for living life on your own terms. Their collection of linen shirts, pants and shorts allows you to stay cool under pressure and transition seamlessly from work to play. For maximum comfort that lasts, choose Coofandy.
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The lottery is a popular game of chance in which the winners are selected by a random process. It is a common means of raising money and can also be used in decision-making situations such as sports team drafts and the allocation of scarce medical treatment.
Lotteries are usually simple and easy to organize. They often involve a lottery pool, where numbers and other symbols are mixed by mechanical means in order to ensure that only chance determines the selection of prizes. The prizes are then arranged according to a set of rules, such as the frequency and size of the prizes, and revenues for the state or sponsor are deducted from the pool. https://wvcle.org/
It is a highly effective method of raising money because of its wide appeal and its relatively low cost. However, the lottery has a number of drawbacks, including its potential to promote gambling behavior and its regressive effect on lower-income groups. It can also have a negative impact on quality of life for those who win the big prizes, which are typically very large amounts.
A lottery is a type of low-odds game of chance that has been a popular form of gambling since its introduction to Europe in the 1500s. It has been described as “a game of hazard” that encourages people to pay a small sum of money for a chance at a large prize.
Historically, lotteries have been widely used as a means to raise funds for public projects. The earliest known examples of these games date from the Chinese Han Dynasty (205–187 BC) and were likely used to finance major government projects such as the Great Wall of China.
In many European countries, the first state-sponsored lotteries were introduced in the 1500s. The first English state lottery was held in 1569.
Lotteries have a long history of popularity and are believed to be the oldest form of organized gambling. The word lottery is thought to have been derived from the Middle Dutch word loterie, meaning “action of drawing lots.”
The most commonly accepted definition of lottery is a game in which the winners are selected by a draw. The winning numbers are determined by a computer, whose function is to create random combinations of the numbered or other symbols that appear on a ticket. In addition, some modern lottery games use a combination of computerized and manual methods for selecting the numbers, which are then deposited in the lottery pool or counterfoils for possible selection by the drawing procedure.
As a result, lottery players must choose their numbers carefully. A good rule of thumb is to avoid numbers that are consecutive or in the same group and to pick a variety of numbers from the pool. This strategy is based on statistics that show that it is very unlikely to get two consecutive numbers in the same draw.
It is important to remember that the odds of winning a lottery are very low, on the order of one in 30 million. This is because each digit in the number has a small probability of being a winner. In math, this is called “epsilon.” Some state-run lotteries offer numbers with much lower odds than national lotteries, so it’s worth looking into them if you want to improve your chances of winning.
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Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onions, thyme, and bay leaf in the butter for 5 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook until onions are browned, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a plate and discard the bay leaf. Reserve the skillet.
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes.
Meanwhile, melt remaining butter in the reserved skillet over medium heat. Whisk in flour for 1 minute, then whisk in beef broth and milk and bring to a boil; season with nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Reduce heat and cook until thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir in Gruyere cheese until melted.
Drain macaroni and toss with onion and sauce until well combined.
You can use penne rigate instead of elbow macaroni.
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Williams-Sonoma is known for running some pretty great sales—especially when it comes to pricier kitchen items they carry, like name-brand cookware sets and iconic pieces from Le Creuset.
Well, our favorite place to shop for cookware just launched another great sale, but it won’t last long. Most of these deals will be gone by Monday, so run, don’t walk, to your nearest Williams-Sonoma store or shop online ASAP.
Here, our four favorite kitchen items we think every home cook should spring for.
All-Clad’s entire line of All-In-One pans are 20 percent off from now until March 4, 2019. We love this stainless steel 6-quart pan—it’s perfect for soups, stews, and braising meats, and can be taken directly from stovetop to oven. Bonus: The entire line is dishwasher safe, so you can say goodbye to hand washing for good.
Buy it now: All-Clad Stainless Steel Pan (was $325, now $159.96)
Le Creuset Deep Covered Baker
When Le Creuset pieces go on sale—especially when they’re almost 50 percent off, like this baker—you know we’re the first in line to buy them. This kitchen workhorse will last you a lifetime, and comes in eight gorgeous colors.
Buy it now: Deep covered baker (was $150, now $79.95)
Love new kitchen gadgets? Read these stories next:
- KitchenAid’s Newest Limited-Edition Color Is SO Perfect for Summer
- I Went to the Original Sur La Table—Here’s What I Ended Up Learning
- Our Editors Love These 6 Kitchen Tools—But Not for the Reasons You Think
Most of Williams-Sonoma’s stemware is 20 percent off (or more!) from now until Monday. Buy a monogrammed wine glass set for a super-cute, personalized wedding gift, or buy yourself this gorgeous decanter set from Schott Zwiesel (you deserve it!)
Buy now: Schott Zwiesel Wine Glasses and Decanter Set (was $128, now $99.95)
Le Creuset’s Stainless Steel Pots and Pans
From now until April 30, Le Creuset’s entire line of stainless steel cookware is deeply discounted. With a deal this great, we’re all about making a big kitchen investment—like this 10-piece set. These are stove- and oven-safe up to 500 degrees, and can be tossed in the dishwasher when you’re done.
Buy Now: Le Creuset’s 10-Piece Cookware Set (was $1215, now $700)
Source: Read Full Article
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Rukket 3pc Golf Bundle
Practice golf swing at home with the Rukket 3pc Golf Bundle. It includes Rukket 10x7ft haack golf net, Tri-Turf hitting mat and carry bag.
The haack golf net features 4 ply knotless netting, durable fiberglass support poles and protective rubber feet. The Tri-Turf hitting mat comes with three different lies including 35mm tee turf, 35mm rough turf and 16mm fairway turf. With the different hitting surfaces that will give you improve your driving from every lie.
The Rukket 3-piece golf bundle comes with carry case that lets you to take it anywhere and easy to store. This golf practice equipment also is perfect for indoor and outdoor use.View on Amazon
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Injuries Boards Explained
The Injuries Board is a State body which was established by the enactment of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003. Its purpose is to assess all claims of personal (excluding medical negligence) in Ireland. All personal injury claims therefore have to go through the process and it is far from simple. Initially a form A and a medical report must be first submitted together with an administration fee of €45.00.
When the application is received the injuries board will write to the party responsible for the personal injury giving them 90 days to consent to the assessment process or not. If the respondents do not consent to the assessment process then the matter can proceed to court. If the respondents accept the assessment process the matter will proceed to assessment and the Injuries board have a period of 9 months to complete the assessment.
During the assessment process the claimants ( injured party ) injury will be assessed by an independent medical assessor chosen by the injuries board. A copy of this 2nd report will be made available to the claimant.
At the end of this process the injuries board will make an assessment of what they believe the personal injury claim is worth and this assessment will be based on the medical report that their physician has carried out. It will be open to both the claimant and the respondent to either reject or accept the assessment of the injuries board.
If the assessment is rejected by either party or the respondent does not consent to the assessment process an authorisation will issue from the Injuries Board allowing the claimant to proceed to issue court proceedings.
The Injuries Board process is far from straight forward and briefing a solicitor to move the application for you has certain advantages, these include :
- Filling out the form A requires the correct legal entity or person to be placed on the form issuing court proceedings can be problematic if this is incorrect
- Time limits apply regarding these matters and the Injuries Board cannot advise you regarding these
- The assessment may not be in your favour and you will not be able to judge if it is fair
- As an unrepresented plaintiff with no experience you will be in a weaker negotiating position against insurance companies who will be very knowledgable of the process
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SNAP Benefits Accepted at our market.
Fruits and Vegetables
Shiitake & Oyster Mushrooms
Hydroponic Lettuce, Mustard Greens, Sorrel, Arugula, Purslane, Watercress, and Basil
Potatoes- Red, White
Onions- White, Yellow
Sweet Peppers- Carmen & Bell
Egg Plant- Asian
Zucchini & Yellow Squash
Micro Greens (sunflower, radish, pea, broccoli) & Wheatgrass
Protein – Alaskan Salmon, Pasture Raised Beef, Lamb, Pork, Chicken, Bone Broth, and Eggs, Gulf Coast Seafood.
Dairy – pimiento cheese, butter, drinkable yogurt.
Artisan food – ginger beer, sliced and spreadable bacon + bacon-on-a-stick, sprouted nuts and nut butters, pasta + ravioli + sauces, jams, jellies and chutney, pickles, spice mixes, tamales, soup + dip + baking mixes, locally roasted coffee, salsa and chips, artisan bacon, breads, croissants, pies, cookies, macarons, empanadas, quiche, Texas olive oil and vinegar, granola, and more.
Other – fall garden seedlings, soaps, doggie biscuits
Goods from This Week’s Rotating Vendors – worm compost, potted succulents, handmade cinnamon buns
GROWING PRACTICES: Our farmers products are Certified Organic, Certified Naturally Grown, Sustainably Grown, or Conventionally Grown. Ask your farmers to learn more, or visit the Meet Our Vendors page!
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Chipotle is tests out an autonomous kitchen assistant, Chippy, which delivers a robotic solution for building chips in places to eat.
The lengthy lunchtime lines at Chipotle Mexican Grill waiting around to get could provide as a superior metaphor for Chipotle’s technique to investing in innovation: nevertheless you might have to wait around a bit for final results, the taco and burrito brand is fostering know-how from all around the entire world that is heading to modify the way restaurants run and customers think about food stuff.
It is not accurately a new sentiment from the business. Chief engineering officer Curt Garner notes that Chipotle, influenced by Uber, to start with went electronic in 2016 with its app and then rapidly constructed house at just about every of its restaurants so workforce wouldn’t at any time have to choose involving serving consumers standing in entrance of them vs . all those who purchased digitally. But investing in world-altering innovation took on new this means for Chipotle in April when it introduced Cultivate Subsequent, its $50 million venture fund meant to soothe the margin-squeezing pressures of the cafe sector, tackling worries from labor shortages to growing foods expenditures and enticing clients to commit more time feeding on in their stores.
“We’re contemplating about how to increase and scale the corporation as a result of a large amount of lenses,” said Garner, noting that the fund represents an prospect for Chipotle to evolve from basically adapting to technological alter to making it. “There’s restaurant progress, there is certainly escalating and scaling our electronic enterprise and there is also continuing the mission of cultivating a far better earth and altering the way folks believe about in which their foods arrives from.”
Chipotle’s new venture fund could be a beacon for traders as the cafe sector continues to struggle important financial headwinds. Analysts will be searching for concrete examples of Garner’s first two points — new tech that promises to streamline and expand Chipotle’s operations — when Chipotle reports its second quarter results on July 26.
Chipotle has typically posted beneficial growth quantities considering that 2016 when the chain was dealing with food security scares — it seasoned near double-digit systemwide sales progress concerning 2017 and 2020, in accordance to Morningstar. But it’s not immune to present day broader sector downswing. When consensus estimates are calling for Chipotle to article 2nd quarter earnings of $2.24 billion, up just about 19% calendar year above calendar year, and quarterly earnings of $9.04 per share, up 21%, its stock is down far more than 20% yr-to-day.
“The difficulties is on the margins side,” said Sean Dunlop, equities analyst with Morningstar.
Although Chipotle and the restaurant sector have viewed a slight softening of equivalent store revenue growth, the mounting prices of food items, labor and utilities put together with a development of consumers venturing out of their homes considerably less “is pinching Chipotle’s P&L,” Dunlop said, noting that the squeeze will most likely last into 2024. Proprietor-operated chains like Chipotle and Starbucks may well also be faring even worse than franchised enterprises because “they bear all those people under-the-line prices by themselves,” he extra.
One more possible hurdle for Chipotle’s inventory: unionizing staff. In early June, a Chipotle Mexican Grill shop in Augusta, Maine, submitted a petition for a union election, the initially of the chain’s dining places to join the latest organizing force throughout the U.S. that has swept throughout companies from Apple to Starbucks.
A self-driving shipping robot supplied the spark
Like every other VC investor, Chipotle is wanting to get in on the ground ground of early-phase corporations producing groundbreaking technological innovation. Not like common VC corporations, nevertheless, Chipotle is just not searching for a particular return on expenditure about a individual timeframe.
“Results for us is multifaceted,” Garner said. “It really is a opportunity for us to strengthen our working enterprise and that advancement could turn into greater than what we would attain in conditions of strict monetary returns on funds.”
The venture fund notion arrived previous 12 months immediately after Chipotle invested in Nuro, a SoftBank-backed startup that makes use of self-driving know-how, in Priuses and tailor made automobiles, to deliver groceries and other merchandise.
Domino’s assessments Nuro, an autonomous automobile for pizza shipping in Houston.
“We located a whole lot of traction there in conditions of synergies of lifestyle and concepts and innovation and we questioned if there was an possibility to extend our influence and come to be an accelerator of these concepts,” Garner instructed the Silicon Valley-themed Sand Hill Highway podcast in Could. Chipotle’s executive team observed itself staying pitched all sorts of tips but had no official funnel to sift by way of alternatives either as a provider or husband or wife, explained Garner.
Record venture investment in cafe technology — together with components and program for restaurant administration, bookings, staffing, cell payments and inventory administration — achieved more than $4 billion in 2021, and it is on observe to defeat that this calendar year. Hundreds of firms have expressed desire in Chipotle’s first spherical, which targets seed resources to sequence B startups.
Garner claimed Chipotle will announce its to start with picks in the upcoming few months. Marketplace watchers say to be expecting Chipotle’s dollars to abide by field agony factors.
“Right after the pandemic a lot of folks are generating investments to modernize and increase customer encounters and performing items to just take labor prices down and out of the procedure,” reported Eric Symon, vice president of the Organization System Innovation Middle at Panasonic Method Methods Company of North The us.
Symon is viewing demand for answers like Panasonic’s temperature-controlled clever food stuff lockers that discourage take-away theft and blend-ups, which tie up staff who have to remake orders. He is also looking at demand for artificial intelligence apps to assist cafe supervisors forecast active moments of day so they can improved staff members their shops.
To that stop, Chipotle has by now invested in an AI-driven labor administration software that analyzes dozens of variables like weather conditions and readily available promotions to figure out additional economical restaurant staffing. It is also rolling out an AI-dependent instruction application, which helps restaurant personnel to shift up the ladder to management.
The labor of an automated tortilla chip maker
When it will come to the variety of innovation that Chipotle is hunting to foster, Garner nods to Chippy, a robotic tortilla chip maker that will save time and labor prices by dealing with repetitive kitchen area jobs.
“It started with, ‘how do we take out some of the dreariness of a worker standing at the fryer and frying chip basket immediately after chip basket?'” Garner claimed, noting that Chippy will be piloted at a single Chipotle locale later this year the moment it gets qualified as foodstuff harmless. “It will allow our crew to devote extra time performing culinary assessments, serving friends.”
Chippy might assist Chipotle deal with the industry’s labor lack, but eventually what the organization is aiming for with its venture fund is modifying the world’s foods programs.
“When you feel about the environmental alternatives for how food is sourced and how it is really served, those people are big places for technological innovation to be accelerated and enabled,” Garner mentioned, precisely pointing to environmentally focused farming techniques coming out of Europe. “Attendees want to understand the provenance of their food stuff and experience great about what they are purchasing for.”
Acquiring into sustainable farming tactics will allow for rapid assistance eating places makes far better affordability of ingredients, a assured provide, and the possibility to present buyers anything special vs. opponents, mentioned Sanjeev Krishnan, chief investment decision officer at S2G Ventures, an 8-year-outdated venture fund devoted to supporting sustainable and healthy food stuff techniques.
“Extra appealing is that these rapid provide places to eat can provide an period of biodiversity into our food program — ours is dull,” Krishnan claimed. “Just 15 crop plants present 90% of the world’s food stuff strength ingestion, with a few — rice, maize and wheat — making up two-thirds of this,” he extra.
Expenditure in non-meat protein products has ballooned around the earlier handful of several years, with Chipotle, McDonald’s, Burger King and Dunkin all recently trialing burger and sausage substitutes on their menus. Lots of brand names are extending plant-based mostly experimentation to other merchandise groups, and PitchBook Information tracks enterprise funding in a newish class: 3D bioprinting, which involves printing residing cells, progress aspects and other biomaterials to create total lower cultivated meat, according to the firm’s Q1 Foodtech Report. 3D food stuff-printer corporations logged $185.7 million in VC funding final calendar year, it claimed.
When it arrives to investing in better-risk emerging technology, it may perhaps support to assume of Chipotle’s part as akin to other companies’ R&D charges, according to Dunlop.
“Practically nothing is off the desk,” Garner said. “Just one of the factors that [CEO Brian Niccol] has brought to our society is this idea that we have a ton of satisfaction in what we do and quite minimal ego. We can be very pleased of what we’ve accomplished — like plant-based mostly chorizo — but if anyone out there has a great thought, we want to hear from them.”
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Venture binoculars were specifically designed for outdoor enthusiasts. Use for sporting events hunting and more. Fully multi-coated lens reveal the finest details even at first light. 10x Magnification with 50mm Objective lens diameter. Folding roof prism system and BK7 prism glass. Field of view at 1000yds: 325ft. Eye relief: 15.24mm. Exit pupil: 4mm. Short focus: 9 M.
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Unveil the intricate layers of rapidly-evolving market through our ecological approach framework.
We worked with industries, regulators, and development sectors, fuels our progressive expertise over time.
We believe, market is an integral part of our society. At COTHINK, we like to take a deep dive and analyze phenomena that influence community behavior.
We make certain to build rapport prior to every insight gathering because we prioritize on qualitative understanding. We believe and appreciate that each market has its own dynamic and unique trait.
We are qualified in conducting researches to examining and analyzing the effect of public policies. Generally, our studies designed to influence policy makers to promote the evidence-based policy approach by providing data, insight, as well as promoting projects to create large-scale impact in public policy structure.
In April 2023 Cothink conducted research on the women menstrual health with middle-low economy in Jabodetabek and Karawang.
We conducted qualitative and online quantitative research with vets and pet owners to understand their perspective...
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Casual Loose cottagecore Sweater Cardigan
Availability: In stock
- When you place an order, it is then shipped within two to three days of your purchase. Delivery time for most countries is usually between 5 and 9 working days.
- Once you have placed your order, you have 12 hours to contact us and request a refund.
- Please contact us at our address if you have any questions, we will be happy to answer them.
All payments are 100% secure and encrypted at Cottagecore Dress using SSL technology. We never have access to your bank details, either before or after payment.
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Bobby Stevens is the owner and operator of Seasha Pools, Inc., headquartered in Dripping Springs, TX. This is a highly regarded the pool industry company in Hays County.
Bobby was trained in the pool industry with many years of hands-on experience and obtained an Art Education degree from SMU as well. When it comes to providing expert the pool industry services, nothing takes the place of experience. Bobby began working in the pool industry 33 years ago and started Seasha Pools, Inc. in 1986.
One of Seasha Pools, Inc.’s goals is to provide their Hays County clients with professional and affordable services. They only build custom pools, no cookie cutter design here. If you’re looking for something special, this is the pool company to call. Bobby’s art degree gives him a lot of credibility when it comes to designing the perfect pool for you and your family. He also offers maintenance services for the pools he builds.
The result, one of the most successful the pool industry companies in Dripping Springs!
In addition to running a successful the pool industry business, Bobby supports Chamber of Commerce member and supports his local Presbyterian church. He enjoys playing tennis and spending time with his wife, Dor Rae, when he has free time.
What does the business community think? The Better Business Bureau has awarded Seasha Pools, Inc. an A+ rating.
One fan of the company publicly wrote, “Seasha Pools has done a wonderful job designing and installing both our heated alligator pool and our capybara pool at Austin Zoo. I highly recommend them! ”
Having owner operated experts, like Bobby providing knowledgeable and expert care is an asset to Dripping Springs and Hays County, TX.
Business owners take risks and often work long, exhaustive hours to service their clients. There are freedoms in owning a business, but these freedoms come at a cost. Rarely acknowledged are business owners like Bobby Stevens that employ people and ensure their staff are paid continuously. Sure, people earn their wages through their time, hard work and skills, but let’s take a moment and thank Bobby for having and continuing the business ownership game that allows people an opportunity to produce and earn those wages.
Need the pool industry service? Give Seasha Pools, Inc. an opportunity by visiting them at https://www.seashapools.com/ or by calling them at 512-461-3841. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SeashaPools/
So from the staff of Local Search Force that runs the County Advisory Board
Bobby Stevens, you are highly commended for your service to the residents of Hays County, for having and maintaining a business that adds to the financial well-being of TX and for your willingness to participate in social betterment activities.
Well done Bobby Stevens!
The world can use more good news!
If you are or know a business owners that wants to expand and would appreciate a Spotlight, please contact Local Search Force at 727.888.5358 or visit us on the web by clicking HERE
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CanvasDiscount August Sale: Get 50% OFF on the Second Product! Limited Time Offer.
Make your memories come to life with CanvasDiscount’s exclusive August sale! From now until August 31, 2023, seize the opportunity to enjoy a fantastic 50% discount on your second product. Elevate your home décor with stunning canvas prints, transforming your cherished moments into beautiful works of art.
Explore Our Premium Canvas Prints: At CanvasDiscount, we take pride in providing high-quality canvas prints that capture the essence of your memories. From family gatherings to breathtaking landscapes, our customizable canvas prints are designed to preserve your most treasured moments.
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About the course
The ethos of this Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills Course (BSSC) is to install core surgical skills at the very start of a surgeon's training by teaching the correct basic technique.
Junior Trainees pursuing a career in surgery are expected to be able to perform a range of basic surgical skills prior to commencing specialty surgical training. These skills are not specifically covered during their foundation or core training placements.
A total of 12 CPD points are awarded for attendance in this course
Aims & Objectives:
The Basic Surgical Skills course has been running since 1994, with the involvement of all four UK and Ireland Colleges of Surgeons, and is designed to teach the essential basic technical skills required of a surgeon, instilling good practice at the early stages of training.
Participants are introduced to the principles underpinning the various techniques with individual tuition and under the expert supervision of consultant surgeons. Participants are assessed throughout the course and issues with a certificate upon successful completion.
The course is held over two days with a series of demonstrations and extensive hands on sessions. Techniques are practiced using a combination of prepared animal tissue, synthetic models and simulation.
On completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate an appropriate procedure for 'gowning' and 'gloving' in accordance with
recommended standards of practice
- Tie a variety of reliable knots, including, surgical reef knots and the Aberdeen
knot and tying at depth.
- Describe correct handling and use of surgical instruments.
- Suture a variety of tissues, including skin, bowel, vascular tissue and tendons
- Perform abscess drainage and contaminated wound debridement in accordance with the
basic principles of wound management.
- Demonstrate safe fine tissue handling utilising small bowel, vascular and tendon models for basic anastomoses technique.
- Demonstrate an understanding of basic diathermic technique.
- Demonstrate effective management of ergonomic issues commonly encountered in endoscopic surgery.
FY1 (6 months in a surgical training post is a pre-requisite), FY2, ST1/CT1 & ST2/CT2
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At Lambeau Field on Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys (6-2) take on the Green Bay Packers (3-6).
From an offensive standpoint, the Cowboys rank 22nd in the NFL with 322.1 yards per game. Meanwhile, they rank 10th in total defense (313.5 yards allowed per contest). From an offensive angle, the Packers are posting 17.1 points per game (27th-ranked). They rank 15th in the NFL defensively (20.9 points given up per game).Buy Cowboys Tickets
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- Game Day: Sunday, November 13, 2022
- Game Time: 4:25 PM ET
- Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Stadium: Lambeau Field
- TV Channel: FOX
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- Moneyline: Cowboys (-202), Packers (+168)
- Total: 44.5 points
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“Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” director James Wan is speaking out about Amber Heard’s diminshed role in the forthcoming DC superhero movie.
Last year, Heard said — as part of her testimony during her trial against former partner Johnny Depp — that her part in the sequel to 2018’s “Aquaman” had been “very pared down.”
“I was given a script and then given new versions of the script that had taken away scenes that had action in it, that depicted my character and another character, without giving any spoilers away, two characters fighting with one another, and they basically took a bunch out of my role,” Heard said during the trial. “They just removed a bunch out.”
Heard testified during the trial that she nearly lost her role in “Aquaman” due to the media firestorm surrounding her legal battles with Depp. But a former Warner Bros. Pictures executive said she was almost recast not because of the Depp controversy but because she lacked onscreen “chemistry” with star Jason Momoa.
Now, Wan is insisting that it was always the plan for the latest water-bound action movie to center on Momoa’s Arthur Curry and Patrick Wilson’s Orm Marius, with Heard’s Mera naturally taking on a smaller role.
“I always pitched this to everyone from the get-go. The first Aquaman was Arthur and Mera’s journey,” Wan told Entertainment Weekly. “The second movie was always going to be Arthur and Orm. So the first was a romance action-adventure movie, the second one is a bromance action-adventure movie. We’ll leave it at that.”
After a six-week trial, a jury found in June 2022 that Heard had defamed her former husband in a Washington Post opinion piece and acted with malice by casting him as a domestic abuser. Depp said that cost him millions of dollars and starring roles after decades as an A-list actor.
Jurors awarded him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. The latter was immediately reduced by the judge to meet Virginia’s statutory cap of $350,000.
Heard also got a $2-million verdict for defamation after one of Depp’s lawyers accused her of staging a scene by trashing an apartment and spilling wine to make the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor look guilty of violence.
The pair ultimately settled their defamation case in December.
In an Instagram post regarding the settlement, Heard wrote, “After a great deal of deliberation I have made a very difficult decision to settle the defamation case brought against me by my ex husband in Virginia. It’s important for me to say that I never chose this. I defended my truth and in doing so my life as I knew it was destroyed.”
Times staff writers Christi Carras and Richard Winton contributed to this report.
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Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) today announced seasoned communications and energy policy expert Amy Farrell has been tapped to serve as senior vice president of government & public affairs. As senior vice president of government & public affairs at CRES, Farrell will guide CRES policy direction and advocacy—overseeing all program delivery and leading communications, government relations, research and policy development.
“Amy Farrell’s unmatched experience in successfully advancing energy policies through advocacy campaigns and her experience managing government and public affairs teams makes her a valuable addition to the CRES team,” said Heather Reams, President of CRES. “Amy is well-known and respected for her extensive knowledge of energy and climate issues and regulatory policy. She is a strategic leader with tactical skills who has already hit the ground running to elevate CRES’ mission to promote all-of-the-above, commonsense policy solutions to our country’s most pressing energy and climate issues. I am thrilled to have Amy join CRES and look forward to working with her as we continue to push for American energy independence through clean energy innovation.”
Farrell brings to CRES years of experience serving the energy industry. Her career highlights include time at American Clean Power (formerly known as the American Wind Energy Association), American Petroleum Institute, America’s Natural Gas Alliance, and ExxonMobil.
Prior to joining the private sector, Farrell spent nearly a decade in public service. Beginning as a regulatory policy analyst in the Office of Management and Budget, Farrell went on to serve in senior roles in the Bush Administration at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and the White House National Economic Council.
“Amy Farrell’s accomplishments in both the public and private sectors to advance climate and energy policy is truly impressive,” said CRES Board Member Micah Yousefi. “The CRES Board is pleased to welcome Amy and we look forward to working with her to engage Republican lawmakers and the public on the benefits of conservative energy solutions.”
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A graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, Farrell also holds a Master of Public Affairs from Indiana University.
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Are you considering taking out a loan through LendingPoint? If so, you may be wondering if the company is legitimate. After all, it’s important to make sure that any lender you work with is reputable and trustworthy. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at LendingPoint and answer the question: Is LendingPoint legit? Our full LendingPoint Review provides an overview of this company.
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LendingPoint is an online lender that offers personal loans between $2,000 and $36,500. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. It serves customers in 48 states and has proprietary technology that allows it to provide unsecured personal loans for consumers with FICO® scores up to 850.
The company has received positive reviews from customers who have used its services. On Credit Karma, for example, LendingPoint has an average rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars from over 1,400 reviews. On Bankrate, the company has an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars from over 200 reviews. And on NerdWallet, it has an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars from over 500 reviews.
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Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple (XRP), has just announced plans for a “proper victory party” for members of its community in New York City on September 29 to celebrate the recent partial win against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
On August 29, Garlinghouse took to X to reveal the grand celebration in the heart of New York City following Ripple’s monumental win against the SEC after U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres ruled that most sales of the XRP token didn’t qualify as securities transactions.
As promised – it’s time for that proper victory party.
The last few years have been quite the journey and I look forward to sharing a celebratory toast on Sept 29 in NYC! https://t.co/9YDQGnK6Pg
— Brad Garlinghouse (@bgarlinghouse) August 28, 2023
Grand Celebration for the entire Crypto Industry
It seems, the upcoming event will also serve as a platform for reflecting on the broader implications that seek to galvanize other crypto-focused companies to resist the American regulator’s attempt to assert its jurisdiction over the industry. Garlinghouse wrote,
“As promised – it’s time for that proper victory party. The last few years have been quite the journey and I look forward to sharing a celebratory toast on Sept 29 in NYC!”
Over the recent past, the digital asset industry has been in a tug-of-war with the SEC and its Democratic chair Gary Gensler, who has described the crypto market as a “Wild West” riddled with fraud.
Saying most crypto tokens are securities, the SEC has cracked down on crypto trading platforms, including the top crypto exchanges – Binance and Coinbase, in an effort to bring the industry under its oversight.
The announcement was met with an outpouring of support on social media from the XRP community with users taking to social media platform X to back the event. David Schwartz, the Chief Technology Officer at Ripple chimed in to the celebratory vibe stating, “Guessing how many of you I will see at both ApexDevSummit and the Community Celebration… hopefully a lot!”
Meanwhile, John Deaton, a prominent pro-XRP lawyer, explained how eagerly the Ripple community has been waiting for the recent win in the more-than-two-years-long legal tussle with the SEC that has managed to set a legal precedent within the crypto space, including investors, blockchain innovators and lawmakers worldwide.
I know a little something about the XRP community and how hard and long they fought for clarity. I have 75K email addresses and cell phone numbers to prove it. All I can say is: I hope Ripple has a large venue. https://t.co/HuMQleYR4U
— John E Deaton (@JohnEDeaton1) August 28, 2023
Aside from the celebrations, the victory event stands as a testament to the transformative power of innovation and resilience, setting a precedent that should have a positive impact not only on XRP but also on the broader crypto market. It could also prompt other nations to take cues and take initiatives to further the development of the underlying technology.
Ripple Vs SEC Gear Up for Another Showdown
It comes shortly after the upcoming trial date for another courtroom battle between Ripple and the SEC was unveiled. On August 24, Eleanor Terrett, a journalist at Fox Business, revealed a crucial document that was shared by the SEC with Judge Torres of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, disclosing the upcoming trial.
— Eleanor Terrett (@EleanorTerrett) August 23, 2023
As per the document, the court-room battle might take place during the second quarter of 2024 as both Ripple and the SEC have signaled their intention to move forward with the appeal after the court approved the regulator’s request to file an interlocutory appeal in the case against XRP earlier this month.
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"author": "John Deaton",
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With the recent cryptocurrency market boom, a new feature on Coinbase allows for up to $1 million in Bitcoin as collateral against a cash loan. This is an interesting move by the popular cryptocurrency trading platform and could be indicative of increased confidence from investors hoping to gain access to more traditional markets.
The “borrow cash using bitcoin as collateral” is a new feature that allows users to borrow up to $1 million in cash without having to give up their Bitcoin.
Users of Coinbase may now borrow up to $1 million in cash using Bitcoin as collateral, according to the crypto exchange’s official Twitter account.
Users of Coinbase may borrow up to $1 million in cash.
Coinbase clients in a few chosen states in the United States will be able to take out a “line of credit” without having to submit to a credit check, instead utilizing their BTC holdings with the exchange as collateral. One of the stipulations of this new loan system is that consumers cannot borrow more than 40% of their assets.
Borrowers may withdraw payments to either their PayPal account or their regular bank accounts, according to the Brian Armstrong-led exchange. Despite the fact that the exchange provides a variety of flexible repayment options, borrowers must pay a minimum of $10 in monthly interest on every amount borrowed.
A fixed-term loan option is also available on the site, although it is presently only accessible to Coinbase clients in Connecticut. Customers may borrow 30% of the cash value of their Bitcoin holdings using this loan option. They are eligible for a loan of up to $100,000 each year, at an interest rate of 8% per month.
Coinbase and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently had a public spat over the crypto exchange’s plan to provide crypto financing to its consumers.
Subscriptions on Coinbase on the way?
In other news, Coinbase is apparently ramping up its efforts to deliver a subscription-based service to its platform’s customers. With this new service, the exchange will be able to provide better customer care and fee-free trading to its consumers.
According to Bloomberg, the exchange is testing this new option in response to increasing pressure from rival trading platforms such as Robinhood, which do not charge their consumers a trading fee.
This new service is known as “Coinbase One,” according to the information provided. Analysts estimate that this new breakthrough will make the exchange’s profits, which are expected to reach $50 billion by 2025, more reliable.
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The “coinbase borrow reddit” is a new feature that allows users to borrow up to $1 million in Bitcoin. This is done by using the collateral of Bitcoin as security for a cash loan.
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I don’t know if you’ve had the pleasure of joining Kat Lee over at her new site, How They Blog, yet. If you haven’t, go ahead & stop reading this post and pop over. You’ll learn the behind the scenes tips & tricks of blogging from your favorite writers – the household names, the best sellers, the ones we’re afraid to say “hello” to in real life when we see them at conferences. They’re sharing valuable information, fun stories, photos of their work spaces, and glimpses into the tools that help them get the job done.
Today Kat has been kind enough to feature me. Not, obviously, as one of those “big name” bloggers, but as an average, every day, does-it-because-she-loves-it writer. I’ll be there all week and would love for you stop by, learn a little about me, ask questions, and say “hello!”
And don’t forget to come back here tomorrow for our 2nd “Behind the Scenes” story link up! I was so stunned to see so many of you join last week, and loved reading your stories 🙂
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BlueGirlsClubTv (@BlueGirlsClubTv) [56 FILES :: 600 MB] #TUwZDNmZTcx 💕
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On July 23, the award ceremony of the school competition in history was held in the conference hall of Caucasus University. The competition was organized by the "Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association (dvv international). The competition was held under the patronage of Caucasus University, within the framework of the international network - EUSTORY, and a number of students and teachers from different schools across Georgia took part in it.
The first deputy chairman of the Education and Science Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, Tamar Taliashvili, and the first secretary of the German Embassy in Georgia, head of the Press and Economy Department, Sara Zielonka, attended the ceremony. The winners of the competition were also addressed and presented with souvenirs by representatives of DVV International, the Georgian Association of History Teachers, the Laboratory of the Research of the Soviet Past, and the Caucasus University.
The Dean of Caucasus School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Davit Natroshvili, on behalf of the university, presented commemorative gifts to the student of Akhalkalaki N1 public school, Alina Poloian, whose work was named the favourite by Caucasus University during the competition. It should be noted that Davit Tinikashvili, professor of Caucasus University, Doctor of History, participated in the work of the competition jury.
This competition was held in Georgia for the third time and will continue in the future. This year's theme of the competition was "30 years since the end of the Soviet Union".
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How Do You Balance the Importance of Hiring for Tech Skills and Cultural Fit?
The importance of hiring tech professionals with the right skill sets is obvious. Systems are only as good as the people who design them, maintain them and keep them secure. However, soft skills and cultural alignment are also critical for success. A team member whose values align with corporate values and who has the necessary personal attributes to succeed, will make a positive impact on the organization and will be more engaged and productive in their work.
Hiring someone who is the upper echelon of developers can feel like a major win, but if that person is toxically negative or if they don’t believe in the work of the organization, they can’t be successful. The best hires are those who have a solid balance of technical qualifications and cultural alignment.
Striking the Right Balance
Finding a balance between cultural fit and technical skills isn’t easy. Often, you’ll find candidates tend to skew one way or the other. Say you have narrowed the field to two choices. One checks off every box on your technical wish list but doesn’t seem like a cultural match. The other comes to the table with a plethora of soft skills and fully believes in your company’s mission, vision and values, but lacks a few skills. Who do you choose?
If you and your team are honest, you may be able to live without a few skills to hire someone who fits in well and is culturally aligned. Skills can always be learned, and someone with solid soft skills likely embraces the chance to learn more. The key to striking the balance is to be realistic. You cannot change someone’s attitudes or personality, but you can invest in their professional development. If you are clear about your true needs, you can make honest assessments about a candidate’s alignments.
Work With a Tech Recruiting Expert
Hiring tech pros who have the skills and personal attributes to succeed is both an art form and a science. The best way to start making strong hiring choices is to partner with a tech recruiting firm that focuses on hiring for true cultural fit.
When vetting potential partners, make sure the firm fully understands and can predict with accuracy how their candidates will mesh with your team and add value to your organization.
CultureFit, one of Chicago’s leading tech recruiting firms has made it our business to help employers hire for both skill alignment and cultural alignment. If you are looking for top tech talent in Chicago, CultureFit can help. Our Chicago IT recruiters can help you identify candidates who have both the hard and soft skills to succeed within your organizational culture. Contact CultureFit today to learn about the ways we can help you achieve your IT staffing goals.
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Last week we wrote about Princeton University president Christopher Eisgruber’s criticism of the religious questions posed to federal judge nominee Amy Coney Barrett by Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Today we call your attention to Eisgruber’s speech at Princeton’s opening exercises entitled “Pluralism and the Art of Disagreement.” It is a clear statement of the purpose of a university.
Here is a taste:
Some people have suggested that the University should issue an official statement about Charlottesville, or that I should use this occasion to pass judgment upon President Trump’s comments. The events and the president’s response troubled me profoundly, and it is tempting to share my thoughts with you in detail. It is, however, neither my role nor that of the University to prescribe how you should react to this controversy or others. It is rather my role and the role of the University to encourage you to think deeply about what these events mean for this country and its core values, and to encourage you to find ways to participate constructively in the national dialogue they have generated.
You will find plenty of professors on this campus whose scholarship and erudition will provide you with insight about Charlottesville. As journalists worldwide have sought to illuminate these events and their aftermath, they have turned to professors here, including Eddie Glaude and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor in African American Studies, Lucia Allais in Architecture, David Bell and Kevin Kruse in History, Julian Zelizer in History and Public and International Affairs, Robert George and Keith Whittington in Politics, and Peter Singer in the University Center for Human Values.
I urge you to seek out these and other faculty members, hear what they have to say, and learn from them. Keep in mind, however, that what they offer are not authoritative pronouncements but arguments backed up by reasons. It is your responsibility to assess their views for yourself.
This University, like any great university, encourages, and indeed demands, independence of mind. We expect you to develop the ability to articulate your views clearly and cogently, to contend with and learn from competing viewpoints, and to modify your opinions in light of new knowledge and understanding. Your Princeton education will culminate in a senior thesis that must both present original research and also contend respectfully with counter-arguments to your position.
This emphasis on independent thinking is at the heart of liberal arts education. It is a profoundly valuable form of education, and it can be exhilarating. It can also at times be uncomfortable or upsetting because it requires careful and respectful engagement with views very different from your own. I have already emphasized that we value pluralism at Princeton; we value it partly because of the vigorous disagreements that it generates. You will meet people here who think differently than you do about politics, history, justice, race, religion, and a host of other sensitive topics. To take full advantage of a Princeton education, you must learn and benefit from these disagreements, and to do that you must cultivate and practice the art of constructive disagreement.
Read the entire speech here.
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Read Texas Senate Bill 8 here. Some highlights:
- The bill says that Texas “never repealed, either expressly or by implication, the state statues enacted before the ruling in Rove v. Wade…that prohibit and criminalize abortion unless the mother’s life is in danger.” In other words, Texas’s pre-Roe v. Wade laws criminalizing abortion are still on the books despite the fact that Roe v. Wade made them unconstitutional and unenforceable.
- The bill defines “fetal heartbeat” as the “cardiac activity of the steady and repetitive rhythmic retraction of the fetal heart within the gestational sac.” According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, the fetus’s heart is beating before the end of four weeks.
- The bill says “a physician may not knowingly perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman unless the physician has determined…whether the woman’s unborn child has a detectable fetal heartbeat.” It adds, “A physician may not knowingly perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman if the physician detected a fetal heartbeat for the unborn child….”
- The bill places enforcement of this law on civilians, not government officials: “Any person, other than an officer or employee of a state or local government entity…, may bring a civil action against any person who performs or induces an abortion…, knowingly engages in conduct that aids or abets the performance of inducement of an abortion, including paying for or reimbursing the costs of an abortion through insurance or otherwise.…(Italics mine). In other words, private citizens can bring civil suits against abortion doctors, a person who drives a woman to an abortion clinic (Uber drivers?), or someone who covers the cost of the abortion. If I understand this correctly, parents who pay for their daughter’s abortion can be sued by any Texan, including complete strangers. The bill also says that burden of proof relies on the defendant, not the private citizen bringing the suit. The Texas Right to Life organization has already set-up a “whistleblower” website.“
- It is also worth noting that these civil suits will be levied against the doctors and those who aid and abet. They are not levied against the women who have the abortions.
- If a private citizen brings a civil suit against a person who performs an abortion and wins in court, the court will require the abortion provider or the aider and abettor to pay the private citizen no less than $10,000 for “each abortion that the defendant performed or induced in violation of this subchapter….” A citizen has four years following the abortion to bring his or her civil suit.
- One can imagine an entire industry built around initiating these civil suits. “Ambulance chaser” lawyers in Texas now have a new source of revenue. I scan see the television ads already: “Did your neighbor’s daughter have an abortion? You may be entitled to $10,000. Call 1-800-LAWYER today!”
- There are no exceptions in the bill for rape and incest.
Read the entire bill here.
Here are some helpful explanatory articles:
Russell Moore at Christianity Today
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